Modeling Lunar Surface Systems Concepts of Operations

The goal of this work was to model lunar surface systems using a declarative planning system (ASPEN — Activity Scheduling/Planning Environment), provide a parameterizable Excel document to aid in the model generation, and deliver both Mac and PC versions. An adaptation of Microsoft Excel and ASPEN for Lunar Surface System concepts of operations was used. The goal of the system is to enable searching through several concepts of operations. A concept of operations consists of a proposed schedule of high-level activities and parameterization of resources (e.g., power, communications, oxygen, water, etc.) where three distinct phases of development occurred: (1) initial system development for Lunar, (2) planning system development for Lunar, and (3) planning system development for NASA’s 13th Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) live trial.