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3 The Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program
3 The Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program
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They offered examples of some research studies that are already scheduled to be taken to the lunar surface by CLPS, and provided important information for researchers who might be interested themselves in taking advantage of the CLPS program. The first two speakers were representatives of NASA: Jay Jenkins, a program executive in the exploration science strategy and integration office at NASA headquarters, and Julie Schonfeld, a systems engineering and project manager based at NASA Ames, who is currently the payload integration manager for NASA's commercial payload services.
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CLPS delivery manifests are selected by the CLPS Manifest Selection Board, which has representatives from NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Space Technology Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and Office of International and Interagency Relations as well as the CLPS project office. The payloads are chosen according to NASA priorities and the available budget from each of the three directorates.
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SOURCE: Jay Jenkins and Julie Schonfeld, "Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office: Commercial Lunar Payload Services," presentation to the Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space on March 24, 2021.
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CLPS PAYLOAD INTEGRATION Picking up from Jenkins, Schonfeld began with the payload requirements and interface development step, which, she reiterated, is a critical step. At that point, she said, anyone who has proposed a payload will have a payload integration manager who provides support, helps finalize the requirements, and makes 12
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That's the function that I serve." These payload integration managers assist in developing requirement specifications for the task proposal, provide the primary interface between those with payloads and the provider, broker agreements for the landing site and various deliverables, ensure that the providers meet their task order requirements, and work with the NASA payload manager for payload deliveries to the CLPS provider. Last, she said, if there are deviations from the initial requirements, the payload integration manager will be the one who determines what can be accommodated.
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One thing to keep in mind, Schonfeld said, is that while the CLPS provider is responsible for the integration of the payload with the lander, those who are putting their payloads on the mission are responsible for supporting that integration and they will be interacting substantially with the providers throughout the entire development cycle. BEST PRACTICES FOR LUNAR SCIENCE: LESSONS FROM A CLPS PROVIDER Next, Mahoney and Kuhns from Masten Space Systems spoke about the CLPS program from a provider's point of view.
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SOURCE: Sean Mahoney and Matt Kuhns, "The New Age of Lunar Science," presentation to the Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space on March 24, 2021. Second, "risk is your friend." There is sometimes a "perverse incentive" to not do a test, he said, because it might show that something does not work.
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EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY STRATEGY FOR SCIENCE AT THE MOON AND COOPERATION WITH NASA THROUGH CLPS The last speaker, Hatton, described the lunar science strategy of the ESA and how CLPS fits with that. That lunar strategy is part of a larger exploration program, the European Exploration Envelope Program (E3P)
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To that end, CLPS landers could provide opportunities for biological exposure experiments. However, Hatton said, it will be necessary for commercial landers to develop some additional capabilities, such as maintaining power and thermal control across the lunar night and being able to return samples from the lunar surface.
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