A panel discussion was held to develop a viewpoint of space power technology needs and state of readiness for future mission scenarios. Among the points made in the discussion, it was agreed that missions, particularly the far term ones, do serve to drive technology; however, as the missions become nearer term, issues of schedule and cost severely limit the willingness to accept risk. There are, in fact, no rewards to a mission manager for introducing new technology. Mission downscaling is the usual response to technology limitations. All panelists agreed that there exists a serious gap between when technologists feel their job is done and what mission managers need for decision. Typically a two to three year engineering development gap exists. It is essential to take technologies to the engineering model level and conduct a flight demonstration to close this gap. All agreed that increased effort should be made to achieve stronger interactions between planners and technologists and that workshops like the present one are a step in the right direction. Technologists need mission credibility and vice versa.


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    Title :

    Missions/Planning Panel


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    Publication date :

    1984-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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