The space exploration initiative-an information system perspective

The authors look at the space exploration initiative (SEI) from an information system perspective and discuss information system definition effort being conducted in support of NASA´s Lunar Mars Exploration Program Office (LMEPO) Johnson Space Center (JSC). The development of an integrated, effective SEI information system (SIS) is recognized as crucial to the success of the SEI missions. Some of the new and unique challenges for the SIS as evidenced in the Lunar and the Mars missions are outlined along with some preliminary conceptual approaches, both architectural and technological, being investigated to address them