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from the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and the Science Mission Directorate.4 Also in 2015, the Academies were asked to assess the priority of space technologies in the 2015 roadmaps that were not assessed in the 2012 NRC report.5 The Committee on NASA Technology Roadmaps, which was organized to undertake these assessments, was also tasked with recommending a methodology for conducting independent reviews of future updates to NASA's technology roadmaps, which are expected to occur every 4 years. 1 Effective July 1, 2015, the institution is called the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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, which is the title of the roadmap: • TA 1, Launch Propulsion Systems • TA 2, In-Space Propulsion Technologies • TA 3, Space Power and Energy Storage • TA 4, Robotics and Autonomous Systems • TA 5, Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems • TA 6, Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems • TA 7, Human Exploration Destination Systems • TA 8, Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensor Systems • TA 9, Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems • TA 10, Nanotechnology • TA 11, Modeling, Simulation, Information Technology, and Processing • TA 12, Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing • TA 13, Ground and Launch Systems • TA 14, Thermal Management Systems • TA 15, Aeronautics Each roadmap describes level 2 technology subareas, level 3 technologies, and level 4 research tasks. The 2012 NRC report focused its review on the level 3 technologies.
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Supervisory control incorporates techniques necessary for controlling robotic behaviors using higher-level goals instead of low-level commands, thus requiring robots to have semiautonomous or autonomous behaviors. This technology will support the design of game-changing science and exploration missions, such as new robotic missions at remote locations and simultaneous robotic missions with reduced human oversight.
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. HIGHEST-PRIORITY TECHNOLOGIES The 2012 NRC report defines the highest-priority technologies in terms of their ability to support three technology objectives: • Technology Objective A, Human Space Exploration: Extend and sustain human activities beyond low Earth orbit.
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These three objectives encompass the full breadth of NASA's endeavors in space science, Earth science, and exploration. The 2012 NRC report does not assess or comment on the relative priority of these technology objectives.
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Group X.6 has been added to the list of highest-priority technologies for Technology Objective A, Human Space Exploration, and Technology Objective B, In Situ Measurements. FUTURE INDEPENDENT REVIEWS This report recommends a methodology for conducting independent reviews of future updates to NASA's space technology roadmaps.
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In making recommendations about the review methodol ogy, each future independent review should focus on the methodology to be used for the subsequent review rather than on a long-range plan covering multiple reviews. Recommendation 2.
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