Mon, May 09, 2005
NASA's Griffen Outlines New Study He Wants Done By
Mid-July
April 29, 2005
TO: Officials-in-charge of Headquarters Offices
Drectors, NASA Centers
FROM: Administrator
SUBJECT: Exploration Systems Architecture Study Support
As a critical component of the Agency replanning effort, I have
initiated an Exploration Systems Architecture Study. The study team
will begin immediately and must complete its activities by mid-July
to support a number of key Agency decisions. The study team will
focus on four primary areas:
1. Complete assessment of the top-level Crew Exploration Vehicle
(CEV) requirements and plans to enable the CEV to provide crew
transport to the ISS and to accelerate the development of the CEV
and crew launch system to reduce the gap between Shuttle retirement
and CEV IOC.
2. Definition of top-level requirements and configurations for
crew and cargo launch systems to support the lunar and Mars
exploration programs.
3. Development of a reference lunar exploration architecture
concept to support sustained human and robotic lunar exploraiton
operations.
4. Identification of key technologies required to enable and
significantly enhance these reference exploration systems and
reprioritization of near-term and far-term technology
investments.
This team will be led by Dr. Douglas Stanley and will operate
fom NASA Headquarters. Dr. Stanley, or other members of my staff,
will select and contact a small number of core team members to be
co-located at Headquarters in the next few days. The team will need
to draw on resources located at Headquarters and the Centers to
efectively accomplish its mission. Please assist me by providing
this team with the support required to accomplish these important
tasks.
Mr. Chris Shank of my staff is the primary point of contact if
you have any questions about this effort.
[signed]
Michael D. Griffin
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