Future of NASA: Final Score
The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, often known as the Augustine Committee, held another public meeting today to discuss the final scoring of each option. I previously posted timelines for most of the options, here listed with their line numbers as specified in the summary report.
- 1: The Program of Record (Constrained Budget)
- 2: ISS Focused (Constrained Budget)
- 3: The Program of Record (Increased Budget)
- 4A: ISS Focused (Increased Budget)
- 4B: ISS/Shuttle Extension
- 5A: Flexible Path (Ares V “Light”)
- 5B: Flexible Path (Commercial HLV)
- 5C: Flexible Path (Shuttle Derived)
Here’s the final score, including numbers from both the August 12 and October 8 meetings. The meaning of each score is described in the evaluation criteria document.
| PoR | ISS | Moon First | Flexible Path | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4A | 4B | 5A | 5B | 5C | |
| Exploration preparation | -2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Technology innovation | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Human civilization | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Economic expansion | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Global partnership | -2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public engagement | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mission safety profile | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Programmatic sustainability | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Workforce impact/skills | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Science knowledge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Schedule & program risk | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Life cycle costs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
References
- “Transcript: Public Meeting“. Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee. 12 August 2009.
- “Summary Report“. Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee. 8 September 2009.
- “Scoring Update“. Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee. 8 October 2009.
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October 9th, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Augustine panel teleconference…
The audio for the Augustine panel’s teleconference on Thursday and the supporting documents are posted here.
Matt Wronkiewicz has posted a nice color coded table showing the scoring of the different options: Future of NASA: Final Score – Matt Wronk…