Multiobjective optimization of crewed spacecraft supportability strategies

Future crewed missions present a logistical challenge that is unprecedented in human spaceflight. Astronauts will travel farther from Earth than ever before, and stay in space for longer, without access to regular resupply or the option to abort and return home quickly in the event of an emergency. Under these conditions, supportability - that is, the set of characteristics of a system that drive the amount of resources required to enable safe and effective system operations - will be a much more significant driver of system lifecycle properties than it has been in the past. Many of the strategies that are currently used to mitigate risk for human spaceflight will no longer be available, feasible, or effective. To enable the human exploration missions of the future, new supportability strategies must be identified, characterized, developed, and implemented.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Owens, Andrew Charles.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Olivier L. de Weck.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122499

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/122499