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8/22/90: RESPONSE TO SEI OUTREACH PROGRAM STRONG, NASA SAYS
RELEASE: 90-114
NASA announced today that response has been strong to its
request for ideas on how to return to the Moon permanently and
begin human exploration of Mars. The ideas were solicited under
NASA's Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Outreach Program
announced by NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly on May 31.
The Outreach Program consists of three primary channels for
ideas, which will be provided directly to a Synthesis Group,
chaired by Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.). Under
the program, the RAND Corporation is analyzing ideas from
industry, universities, associations and the public; the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) solicited ideas
from its members; and Federal agencies were invited to provide
direct input to the Synthesis Group. The Synthesis Group is
responsible for synthesizing the inputs from all sources into
several architectures for the SEI and for identifying early
milestones and promising technologies, as well.
The AIAA has received more than 400 ideas from its
members. The ideas will be the focus of a conference on
"Innovative Technologies for the Exploration of Space," co-
sponsored by NASA and the AIAA on September 5 and 6 at the Ramada
Renaissance Techworld, Washington, D.C.
General Stafford will be the keynote speaker at the
conference on September 5. He will be followed by Arnold
Aldrich, Associate Administrator of NASA's Office of Aeronautics,
Exploration and Technology, who will speak on the SEI.
The conference will focus on innovative concepts, systems
and technologies submitted by AIAA members. The conference is
organized into five sessions to cover Architecture and Systems;
Transportation; Human Support Technologies and Systems; Planetary
Surface Systems and Technologies; and Infrastructure
Technologies.
As of August 17, the RAND Corporation received more than
10,000 requests for response packets under the SEI Outreach
Program and notices of intent to submit 3,302 ideas.
Of the intended responses, 68.7 percent are from
individuals, 16.3 percent are from aerospace companies and other
for-profit enterprises, and 8.1 percent are from educational
institutions. The remainder are in other categories.
Space transportation is the focus of the largest category of
intended responses to RAND with 16.7 percent. Other categories
include mission concepts (16.5 percent), life support systems
(10.3 percent), structures and materials (9.8 percent), space and
surface power (7.4 percent), space processing and manufacturing
(6.3 percent), system design and analysis (5.7 percent),
automation and robotics (4.7 percent), communications (4.1
percent), ground support and simulation (3.4 percent), and
information systems (2.3 percent). The remainder are in other
categories.
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