National Aeronautics and Space Administration Brief overview of NASA s Human Mars Campaign and some cool New Projects at KSC Marc Seibert October 21, 2014
An Evolvable Pathway To Mars 2
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SOME OTHER PROJECTS AT KSC (YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT) 12
ANALOGS REFINING TOOLS AND METHODS FOR MISSIONS BEYOND EARTH ORBIT NEEMO 19 13
MARS ANALOG Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation 14
Highly-engineered habitat 15
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ANALOGS PAVILION LAKE RESEACH PROJECT 17
ANALOGS FINESSE (Field Investigations to Enable Solar System Science and Exploration) 18
KaBOOM (Ka-Band Objects Observation and Monitoring) 19
KaBOOM s Primary Goals Build a high power, high resolution radar system for: Precision tracking and characterization of near Earth objects to Save the Earth from asteroid impacts. Select asteroids for human exploration. 0.5 AU capability for tracking and characterizing NEO s Current capability for tracking and characterizing NEO s Tracking orbital debris Down to 5cm at GEO. Protect astronauts on the ISS and satellites up to GEO. Orbit determination 100,000 times more precise than by optical means. Cataloged objects in orbit around the Earth in 1963 (left) and in 2013 (right) 11/1/2014 20
Ka-Band First Step: KaBOOM Demonstrate coherent uplink arraying with real time atmospheric phase fluctuation compensation at Ka band, operationally demonstrating a low life cycle cost, self calibrating, stand alone system. Real time atmospheric twinkling compensation at Ka-band. A phased array of widely separated (60m) antennas Leading to a high power, high resolution radar system At NASA Kennedy Space Center KaBOOM builds on previous successfully demonstrated concepts, technologies and methods to prove the final steps towards an operational coherent array radar capability. 11/1/2014 21
Single Antenna 1961 Maturation & Capability Deployment Roadmap- Vision Phased Array Capability Demonstrations KaBOOM 2005-08 2006-08 2008-10 2012-15 U/L VLBI 2015-16 KARNAC 2015-17 Operational Radar Capabilities 2017 SOAR 2017-TBD Goldstone Solar System Radar 11/1/2014 X-band 3-34 m antennas at Goldstone TRL 3-7 Ku-band 5-1.2 m antennas TRL 3-7 X-band 3-12 m antennas Real-time correction for atmospheric twinkling TRL 2-7 X and Ka-band 3-12 m antennas Real-time correction for atmospheric twinkling TRL 3-7 X-band Goldstone Combine 1-34 m Apollo and DSS13 antennas as a phased array Ka-band radar 3-12 m antennas 25 kw Tx: total power going up to 225kW TRL 4-7 Baseline Plan Fundamental Concepts Already Demonstrated X and Ka-band radar 25-100-12 m antennas TRL 6-9 Ka-band radar 3 12 m antennas X/Ka (limited) comm X and Ka-band radar 15-12 m antennas - Rx 15-12 m antennas - Tx TRL 4-7 Early Enhancement Option 22
Results to Date: Demonstrated Uplink Array Capability at with Real Time Atmospheric Phase Fluctuation Correction 5 October 2014 Hybrid FPGA/MATLAB downlink phase estimator, ~5 sec/update Phase obtained from MRO CLA data via known power/phase equation Compensation ON phase cancellation Troposphere-induced phase fluctuations: Compensation OFF ~ 3 40 5 sec CLA updates long record of troposphere-induced phase fluctuations for statistical analysis and comparison with WVR data 0 11/1/2014 23
LASER COMMUNICATIONS STANDING UP TWO GROUND STATIONS IN HAWAII SHOT TO 125W GEO SLOT
NASA broke spacecomm records in Oct 2013 Video 25
Our next Lasercomm demo 26
Short-term station Haleakala Summit, Isle of Maui
Long term Station near Mauna Loa Summit, Isle of Hawaii 28
Micro Unmanned Aerial Systems KSC is blazing a trail for NASA 29
NASA Slide KSC courtesy: suas Mike Craters Downs of the Moon Summary Objectives Completed UAS flights at Craters of the Moon, Idaho, were the first in the country approved by the NPS after June 2014 ban went into effect. Successfully completed 41 UAS flights over lava flows at Kings Bowl, Inferno Chasm, and near Craters of the Moon visitor center Demonstrated the types of data suas s could provide as part of SSERVI FINESSE proposed work. Data included detailed image overlays, DEM models, remote terrain inspection, and 3D models. This is year 1 of a 5 year SSERVI project, utilized as a checkout of the capabilities and data processing tools. NASA Airworthiness / Pilot Certification Multi-rotor vehicles approved via NASA and KSC airworthiness processes. KSC pilots and observers trained per NPR 7900.3C (NASA s Aircraft Operations Management Manual) requirements. Flew UAS missions under NASA/FAA COA advisory system with NOTAM s issued out of Salt Lake City (SLC). Sample Data Links UAS Video Highlights (Click for Video) 3D Model, Kings Bowl (Click for PDF - 6.2 Mb) 3D Model, Inferno Chasm (Click for PDF - 4.7 Mb) Inferno Chasm high resolution (Click for JPG - 36Mb) Kings Bowl high resolution (Click for JPG 59Mb)
C3R Live Remote Aerial Technology (LRAT) Status Briefing Video of LC-39B Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r1ie_c74gi&list=uulpe438_2aur6cue_b5rkwq Video