{"id":38788,"date":"2017-06-09T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/asap-on-board-with-nasas-dsg-as-stepping-stone-to-mars\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T18:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:54:02","slug":"asap-on-board-with-nasas-dsg-as-stepping-stone-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/asap-on-board-with-nasas-dsg-as-stepping-stone-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAP on board with NASA\u2019s DSG as stepping stone to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s major push towards building a new outpost near the Moon has received encouraging words from its key safety advisory body. NASA\u2019s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) was told the build up of the outpost in the 2020s represented an ambitious, forward-looking and credible plan that has both agency and political support.<\/p>\n

DSG:<\/p>\n

NASA has been realigning its exploration plan to involve a Deep Space Gateway (DSG) over recent months, somewhat moving priority away from sending crews out to explore Near Earth Asteroids (NEA) which has only received lukewarm interest from NASA\u2019s political paymasters.<\/p>\n

\"\"This \u201cinterim\u201d step in the overall exploration roadmap will involve a number of the 2020s missions involving NASA\u2019s new heavy-lift launch rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS).<\/p>\n

SLS still needs to conduct its test flights, which are going to receive officially realigned launch dates in the coming weeks following the decision not to modify Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) to a crewed flight.<\/p>\n

Although the opening two missions have returned to their previous plan, the dates are still going to later than originally advertised, with a NET (No Earlier Than) August 2019 for EM-1 and June 2022 for EM-2 on the current internal schedule.<\/p>\n

\"\"The large gap between the opening two missions is unavoidable per NASA direction, with EM-1 launching on the Block 1 SLS, before major changes \u2013 especially to the Mobile Launcher (ML) \u2013 are conducted for the larger Block 1B SLS.<\/p>\n

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The Block 1B, however, will be NASA\u2019s HLV workhorse, providing an upmass capability not seen since the Saturn V days. It will also be capable of an array of missions thanks to its powerful Exploration Upper Stage (EUS).<\/p>\n

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Providing her with missions that utilize the power of the rocket, while also progressing on the stepping stones towards Mars missions, has resulted in numerous studies that have changed numerous times.<\/p>\n

\"\"The latest, and fast becoming a favored approach from both within NASA and political circles involves the DSG. This plan is a partial throwback to the L2 Gateway that gained interest at NASA in 2011.<\/p>\n

Its first major public overview of the new plan came via the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), where Bill Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for NASA\u2019s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), presented the NAC with the agency\u2019s Deep Space Gateway and Transport Plan.<\/p>\n

This phased approach ties in current NASA exploration goals, which includes the wealth of knowledge being gained into long-duration human space flight on the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the very top level, NASA\u2019s plan involves using the ISS now, operating near the Moon in the 2020s, and then leaving the Earth-Moon system and reaching Mars orbit after 2030,\u201d noted the ASAP minutes from the body\u2019s latest meeting.<\/p>\n

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