Transitional Architect

1. Investment Table -TBD Continue Work -Further expand level of detain in model -Bring in Industries to provide more detail for costs Architecture for Increasing the Space Market Daniel Hettema, Scott Neal, AnhQuach, Robert Taylor System Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University To-Be Model Context Need Statement & Requirements Scenarios S  - Functional Gap Analysis (TBD)    - Technology Gap Analysis (TBD) Simulation Outputs • Need StatementCurrently, the required investment needed to capture space resources is too high. A high-level architecture that shows how through an incremental “stepping stone” approach the total investment could be lowered, as industry collaboration is increased. The architecture will provide a road map for industry investments with a minimum of 2x return on investment from a total investment of less than one trillion dollars • Space has resources that could be used on Earth, or in space to develop a space market Space Market Potential Market • Space • Asteroids - minerals • Moon- minerals Gap: Capabilities and/or technologies for taking advantage of those resources do not currently exist “Stepping Stones” Overview: -The gray areas indicate the amount of resource. -The rest of the areas are the functions over time -Yellow indicate a waiting time until triggered by a function to start processes. • Current Market • Limited by • -Launch costs • -Government Funding • -People Interest EFFBD Key Functions: Key Assets: Time “Obtaining economic benefits from commercial space, including tourism and space solar power…should be the major thrust of our space enterprise.” -SSI Director Dr. Lee Valentine (2002) Conclusions & Future Work ROI Calculator Transitional Architect Compare full lifecycle costs on Earth to those in space -Mining Full cycle on Earth vs. Space • Based on To-Be model’s: • -Element attributes • -Estimated functionality costs • ROI = Revenue – Investment -