AIAA Workshop onInternational Space Cooperation

Anchorage, May 2-6, 2004

“International Cooperation “International Cooperation in the Context of the Implementation of in the Context of the Implementation of

a Space Exploration Vision”a Space Exploration Vision”

Report to the Symposium on Space Exploration and International Cooperation, Washington DC, 22 June 2004

Klaus BecherWorking group co-chair

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A Virtual Program of Programs

US program

internat.dimension

Other nationalprograms

Specific Projects (e.g. CEV, MSR, lunar bases)

Singlenation

ESA program

national elementsLong-term virtual program of programs

Long-term virtual program of programs

International cooperation with subsets of partners:MoU, IntOrg, „JSF“, sourcing/services, payloads

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Anchorage Workshop Recommendations Anchorage Workshop Recommendations • Conceptualize space exploration programs, projects and visions

as inherent parts of a global, long-term, multi-tier virtual program of programs

• Establish, sooner rather than later, a flexible long-term overarching mechanism to facilitate inter-program cooperation and continuity. This can be best achieved through the establishment of an international coordination council for space exploration

• Use this council to avoid mission duplication and overlaps, identify and fill gaps, enhance critical-path redundancies and develop implementation support mechanisms by discussing a converging virtual architecture across programs for the best mutual benefit

• Where international cooperation is pursued on the implementation level, select the cooperative mechanism that best fits the specific task and circumstances from the spectrum of different forms of international project cooperation.

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Anchorage Workshop Findings Anchorage Workshop Findings

• As indicated by President Bush’s vision statement, the prospects for international cooperation in space exploration are fundamentally transformed

• With capable and focused space exploration programs in Europe and elsewhere, the US has today a number of potential partners in the pursuit of its space exploration vision.

• Current approaches to space exploration in the US and Europe have been triggered by similar fundamental challenges and motivations;

• There is momentum for launching a world-wide cooperative venture if the US and Europe choose to cooperate.