I am such a sucker over things like this. Infrastructure, logistics .. those are magic words. The stalwart explorer, the brave warrior - they're going nowhere fast without a solid means to deliver beans bullets and band-aids.
Interplanetary Supply Chain Management and Logistics Architecture
Interplanetary Supply Chain Management and Logistics Architecture
Sustainable space exploration will require appropriate interplanetary supply-chain management. Unlike Apollo, where everything was carried along, future exploration will have to rely on a complex supply-chain network on the ground and in space. The primary goal of the Interplanetary Supply Chain Management and Logistics Architectures (IPSCM&LA) project is to develop a comprehensive SCM framework and planning tool for space logistics.
The overall objective of this project is to develop an integrated capability for guiding the development of the interplanetary supply chain that will be required to enable sustainable space exploration of the Earth-Moon-Mars system and beyond.
