An Interim Report on NASA's Draft Space Technology Roadmaps (2011)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshops and Public Input
WORKSHOPS
Each technology roadmap was the subject of a public workshop at which the technology panels engaged with invited speakers, guests, and members of the public in a dialogue on the technology areas and their value to NASA. As shown in the workshop schedule below, most panels held a series of workshops on consecutive days in the same location. More detailed information on each workshop, including a complete agenda and copies of many presentations, can be viewed at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/ASEB/DEPS_060733.
Panel 1: Propulsion and Power
Workshops at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California:
| TA03 | Space Power and Energy Storage Systems | March 21, 2011 |
| TA02 | In-Space Propulsion Technologies | March 22, 2011 |
| TA01 | Launch Propulsion Systems | March 23, 2011 |
| TA13 | Ground and Launch Systems Processing | March 24, 2011 |
Panel 2: Robotics, Communications, and Navigation
Workshops at the Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.:
| TA05 | Communication and Navigation Systems | March 29, 2011 |
| TA04 | Robotics, TeleRobotics, and Autonomous Systems | March 30, 2011 |
Panel 3: Instruments and Computing
Workshop at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California:
| TA08 | Scientific Instruments, Observatories, and Sensor Systems | March 29, 2011 |
Workshop at the Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.:
| TA011 | Modeling, Simulation, Information Technology, and Data Processing | May 10, 2011 |
Panel 4: Human Health and Surface Exploration
Workshops at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas:
| TA06 | Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | April 26, 2011 |
| TA07 | Human Exploration Destination Systems | April 27, 2011 |
Panel 5: Materials
Workshops at the Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.:
| TA10 | Nanotechnology | March 9, 2011 |
| TA12 | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing | March 10, 2011 |
| TA14 | Thermal Management Systems | March 11, 2011 |
Panel 6: Entry, Descent, and Landing
Workshop at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California:
| TA09 | Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems | March 23-24, 2011 |
PUBLIC INPUT
Community input was solicited from a public website where 144 individuals completed 244 public input forms on the technologies that appear in the draft roadmaps. This input used the criteria that the steering committee established (such as benefit, risk and reasonableness, and alignment with NASA and national goals).1 The individuals providing this input included 91 personnel from NASA (including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), 6 from other government organizations, 26 from industry, 16 from academia, and 5 from other organizations or no organization at all. The data included in the public input forms can be found at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/asebsurvey/tabs/publicview.aspx.
In addition, 87 sets of general comments were received via e-mail from 7 individuals who completed the public input forms noted above and from 68 individuals who did not. These individuals included 47 personnel from NASA (including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), 1 from another government agency, 7 from industry, 4 from academia, 5 from other organizations, and 11 whose organization is not known.
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1 More information on the evaluation criteria, ranking process, and scores for each technology will appear in the final report.
