Roadmap Name Strategic Roadmap #n Interim Report April 15, 2005

1. Roadmap Name Strategic Roadmap #n Interim Report April 15, 2005

2. General Principles • Each roadmap interim report is due 15 April and will be used for • Input to Integration Team • Identification of important connections and synergies among roadmaps • Enables development and assessment of draft architectures • Preparation for Synthesis Workshops (May-June) leading to final architectures • Capabilities Roadmaps guidance • Information for other Strategic Roadmaps • FY07 budget development • Information input to NRC review process in advance of 1 June roadmaps • Exceptions: SR-7 (shuttle) and SR-12 (Education) are due TBD • Format will be a viewchart format preview of the 1 June product • Each chart should have an informal narrative PowerPoint Note to elucidate contents • Approx. 20 pages total • Anticipate that the 1 June product will be a completed, narrative version of the 15 April content in 30-40 pages plus appendixes • Plus a companion set of viewcharts that reflect final Roadmap content

3. Contents • Roadmap achievements (~10-15 pages) • Your roadmap with its major options and branch points • Broken into timeframes as shown • Roadmap requirements (~5 pages) • Key capabilities, dependencies on other roadmaps, assumptions • Human capital and infrastructure needs • Near-term priorities and gaps that should be addressed in upcoming NASA budget • Roadmap summary (~2 pages) • A graphical depiction of your roadmap and a summary of major options and strategic decisions • Other information (~1 page) • Pointers to any available information on cost of roadmap elements • Cooperation possibilities and benefits

4. Roadmap Achievements: Introduction • Agency strategic objective(s) • Specific roadmap objectives, along with any amplification that the roadmap team has identified • “Roadmap Objectives” are the 2-3 high-level statements of what each roadmap will achieve in the long term (example: Understand the past and present habitability of Mars) • Summary of expected achievements (science, development, exploration, etc.) • These are more specific statements of what will be studied or developed in each major time period in order to address the Roadmap Objectives, with anticipated outcomes (example: Determine the history of water on Mars) • Capture these on the summary table (next page) • Summarize major alternative pathways or options, and the discoveries/developments or other factors which may lead us to choose one pathway or another

5. Roadmap Goal Structure

6. Roadmap Achievements: Detail • A series of charts (probably 6-10 total) that describe expected roadmap achievements in 3 time periods or phases: • Near-term program (2005-2015) • Mid-term program (2015-2025) • Long-term program (2025 and beyond) • These are preferred timeframes to simplify integration - if there are other breakpoints that fit more naturally for your roadmap, use those • For each phase, identify to the extent possible: • Specific expected scientific, development, or exploration results (What we hope to achieve) • Related investigations, major missions, or program elements (How we should plan to achieve it) • Drivers for sequencing of key milestones, either relative or absolute • Identification of priorities or plans/criteria for prioritization • Options and key decision points • Based on potential outcomes or discoveries from within this roadmap, or possible variation in needs from other roadmaps • Anticipated timeframe or sequence of key decisions, and the factors that will go into each decision

7. Roadmap Requirements • Major needs from, dependencies on, and relationships to other strategic roadmaps • Key required technical capabilities (prioritized where possible) and your team’s assessment of readiness and developments required • Include as much detail as possible on quantitative performance requirements, and the key milestones and cost of development programs to meet your needs • Major required infrastructure elements and unique human capital or other needs • Where appropriate, tie these to the specific milestones, missions, developments, or timeframes identified in the previous section • Important: Include a one-page summary of the top 2-3 priorities from your roadmap that you feel represent significant gaps in NASA’s current program or investment plans • This information will be provided to the cognizant NASA mission directorates

8. Roadmap Summary • Prepare a 1-page graphical depiction of your roadmap in a rough timeline format • Graphics can be very rudimentary (X’s and O’s are sufficient) • Show major options, branches, and decision points • Prepare a 1-page text chart to accompany the above including: • Key agency strategic decisions • Factors that will drive the schedule/sequence of decisions • Identification of any specific dates by which certain milestones must be achieved, and why those dates are significant

9. Other Information • Include any available information on cost of major missions or program elements • Or provide pointers to relevant information • Summarize key cooperation opportunities (e.g. international, commercial, other government) that may reduce cost or enhance performance/value of roadmap activities

10. For Information Only: Revised 1 June Roadmap Outline • Agency objective statement • Flow-down to roadmap objectives • Implementation framework with • anticipated achievements • recommended major missions, program elements, R&D programs, etc. • relative priorities to deliver achievements • Milestones and options, with decision points and criteria • Most critical inter-roadmap dependencies, technical capabilities, and infrastructure • APPENDIXES • National Policy Framework and External Constituencies • Unique Education and Outreach Opportunities • External Partnerships • USG Agencies • International Partners • Bibliography of Key Agency Documents and NRC Documents