and America's Future in
Space
CONTENTS
Preface Page 5
Strategic
Option Development 115
Exploration
of the Solar System 26
Conclusion 57
References 62
FIGURES
1 NASA Strategic/Long-Range
Planning Activities 8-9
2 Possible Programs to Capture
Leadership after 1995 17
2 Leadership Matrix: Representative
Achievements, 1957 to 1977 19
2 Leadership Matrix: Representative
Achievements, 1957 to 19
5 Mission to Planet Earth 24
6 The Comet Rendezvous
Asteroid Flyby Mission 27
7 The Cassini Mission
27
8 The Mars Rover/Sample
Return Mission 28
9 Return to the Lunar Surface:
Piloted Sortie, Expendable Lander 30
10 Piloted Mars Sprint Scenario—Split
Mission Option: 33
Earth-Orbital Cargo Flight
Operations
11 Piloted Mars Sprint Scenario—Split
Mission Option: 34
Earth-Orbital Piloted Flight
Operations
12 Piloted Mars Sprint Scenario—Split
Mission Option: 34
Mars-Orbital/Surface Operations
13 Piloted Mars Sprint Scenario—Split
Mission Option: 35
Earth Recovery Operations
14 Resources Required by Initiatives
through 1992 46
15 Resources Required by. Initiatives
through 2010 46
1 Transportation Requirements for the Initiatives 42
2 Orbital Facilities Requirements for the Initiatives 44
Meeting the Challenge in Aeronautics
and Space 13
Transportation Requirements 38
Technology 39
Life Sciences Research 41
Space Station Evolution 43
The Office of Exploration 53
Education 59