Space Logistics Technical Committee
SMG Technical Committee Annual Report for 2011
1. Name of Technical Committee
AIAA Space Logistics Technical Committee
2. TC Chair Information (Outgoing)
Alan W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Department of Operational Sciences
Air Force Institute of Technology
2950 Hobson Way, Bldg 641, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio, 45433, USA
Email: alan.johnson@afit.edu
Office: + (937) 255-3636
3. TC Chair Information (Incoming)
Tovey C. Bachman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
LMI
2000 Corporate Ridge, McLean, VA, 22102, USA
Email: tbachman@lmi.org
Office: +(703)917-7361
TC Vice-Chair Information (Outgoing)
Peter Paceley
General Manager Huntsville
Draper Laboratory
Email: ppaceley@draper.com
Office: + (256) 890-7995
TC Vice-Chair Information (Incoming)
Jennifer Green
Casitair Consulting
Email: jgreene@casitair.com
Elections held by electronic ballot, 12-16 Dec, 2011
4. Membership
a. TC membership breakdown:
- 25 Regular Members
- 3 International Members
- 3 Associate Members
- Total: 31 Members (start of 2011 roster had 30 members)
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Note: We dropped five members in 2011 who are no longer active. Our TC is experiencing
steady growth. We had 19 members in 2008, 25 members in 2009, and 30 in 2010. Not all
members are equally active, but there is a core of about 15 members that participate in at
least two meetings per year and contribute to the range of activities of the TC.
b. List any member upgrades:
5. Meetings
a. List All TC Meetings This Year (specify whether in-person or teleconference)
The AIAA SLTC had 2 “in person” meetings in 2011:
 January 4, 2011 – ASM Orlando
 September 27, 2011 – Long Beach for AIAA Space 2011
We held about 5 telephone conferences with dial-in and WebEx opportunity at different
times during the year – roughly bi-monthly - between our in-person meetings. These telecons
were used to coordinate our various activities.
b. Special Events
c. Participation in AIAA National Technical Conferences (specify number of sessions
sponsored)
AIAA Space 2011 in Long Beach, 27 - 29 September, 2011
We sponsored the track in space logistics and had 4 technical paper sessions with 12 papers
and 1 panel session on CIS-lunar resource infrastructure, held jointly with the Space
Resources TC. Attendance averaged about 20 people per session. The panel was particularly
well-supported with over 30 attendees. We believe that our track’s strong attendance is
driven by two significant trends:
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Lunar/near Earth orbit commercial interest brings significant logistics challenges
Life cycle affordability is promoting interest into ground processing, launch systems
and operations, and on-orbit cargo transfer logistics.
A summary of the SLTC-sponsored sessions at AIAA Space 2011 is given in Appendix A.
d. Participation in Non-AIAA Conferences (specify number of sessions sponsored)
6. Honors and Awards
a. TC Awards
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Inaugural Space Logistics Best Publication Award, to Jennifer Green, Tovey Bachman,
Robert Kline, Julie Castilho, and David Peterson. Their paper, AIAA-2010-8699,
Comparison of Supportability Analysis Techniques for Lunar Surface Systems Elements, was
selected as the best of the 14 papers appearing in the Space Logistics Track, Space 2010
Conference. Awarded at the Space 2011 SLTC meeting.
b. SMG Awards
c. AIAA Awards Sponsored by TC
d. AIAA Awards to TC Members
e. Other
Member William (Andy) Evans was awarded the prestigious Jack Williams Medal for Space
Logistics by the International Society of Logistics (SOLE), in recognition of his sustained
record of outstanding contributions to the field of space logistics.
7. TC Publication Activities
a. Aerospace America
- Did you submit an annual highlight article?
- Yes, a 600 word article on Space Logistics appeared in the 2011 Year in Review
Issue of Aerospace America
- List any other article published?
b. Newsletter
We normally publish a bi-annual AIAA SLTC newsletter, but did not do so in 2011.
c. White Papers/Position Papers
d. Books
Standards: We currently have one AIAA/ANSI standard in preparation and review.
AIAA/ANSI/BSR Standard for Space Cargo. This standard will define and create “classes
of supply” COS and standardized demand models for space logistics. This is similar to the
EPC electronic product codes in retail and the classes of supply used by the military.
Work on this standard was delayed this year due to unforeseen personal issues of our point
person on this effort.
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AIAA Progress Series Book: Space Logistics – Enabling New Frontiers
Contract signed in late 2008 with Prof. Olivier de Weck (MIT) and Dr. Robert Shishko (JPL)
serving as co-editors. The finished book will have about 28 chapters and 600 pages. Work
remains to be done on the introductory, history, and concluding chapters.
e. Journal Articles
Ishimatsu T., Grogan P., de Weck O., “Interplanetary Trajectory Analysis and Logistical
Considerations of Human Mars Exploration”, Journal of Cosmology, (12), 3588-3600,
October-November 2010
Grogan P., Siddiqi A., de Weck O., “Matrix Methods for Optimal Manifesting of Multi-Node
Space Exploration Systems”, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 48 (4), 679-690, JulyAugust 2011
Ishimatsu T., Hoffman J., de Weck O., “Method for Rapid Interplanetary Trajectory Analysis
using DV Maps with Flyby Options”, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society,
November 2011 (in press)
Essilfie-Conduah N., Grogan P., Cunio P.M., McLinko R., de Weck O.L., “A University
Perspective on the NASA/SISO Smackdown Modeling and Simulation Outreach Event”,
2011 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop - 11F-SIW-031, Orlando, Florida,
September 10-14, 2011
f. Contributions to SMG Newsletter or Website
We plan on contributing to the SMG Newsletter and Website in 2012.
8. TC Participation/Activities with AIAA Sections, TCs, and PCs
Sarah Shull is a member of the AIAA National Young Professionals committee. We
cochaired a panel session with the Space Resources TC on CIS-lunar resource infrastructure,
at the Space 2011 conference.
9. TC Participation in AIAA Committees/Activities
AIAA SLTC Past Chair de Weck also serves as Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal of
Spacecraft and Rockets (JSR).
10. TC Outreach and Education Activities
a. Website
http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?adview=12&tcspageid=1591&getcomm=89
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11. TC Public Policy Activities
a. TC Person Responsible for Public Policy Activities
AIAA SLTC Chair … we do not have a dedicated public policy liaison yet
b. List Public Policy Activities (e.g., Key Issues, CVD Participation)
Associate member Grogan attended CVD 2011.
12. Other TC Activities/Honors/Accomplishments of Significance
a. Collectively our TC membership is very engaged in current space logistics engineering
and operations activities that impact national and global space logistics operations. An
incomplete list of our activities is shown below with the name of the most relevant TC
members in parenthesis
- New ISS Resupply Commercial Vehicles (COTS) (Shull)
- Space Logistics Campaign Planning and Simulation (Grogan, de Weck)
- Exploration Software, enabling Technologies (Held)
- RLV Mission Operations (Hellman)
- Exploration and Operations Cost Modeling (Shishko)
- Integrated Logistics Management (Evans, Bachman)
- Space Logistics Capability Development and Investment (Taylor)
- Spaceports (Barker), Space Launch Operations (Rodriguez, Steele)
- In-Space Infrastructure (Snead)
b. We plan on chairing at least one session on space logistics at Space Ops 2012 in
Stockholm.
13. Please provide a paragraph summarizing what you feel was the most significant achievements
or activities of your TC.
The AIAA SLTC continues to retain and attract strong membership. We expect to sustain a
robust roster in 2012 with 32 members and 4 active subcommittees (publications, conferences,
awards, education). Our main activity is our support of AIAA Space 20XX with a dedicated
track of approximately 4 - 6 paper sessions and a panel. Our primary publications projects are
the new AIAA Progress Series book as well as the Space Cargo Standard. Overall the
collective sense is that the TC has continued to perform in 2011 and is on a very good
trajectory. Recognizing our member accomplishments is an important activity for us. We are
proud of our new Space Logistics Best Publication Award. This award honors the best space
logistics paper presented in the preceding Space 20XX conference. We hope to include a cash
payout for future recipients of this award, and are actively seeking funding opportunities for
it.
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Appendix A
Sessions sponsored by the AIAA Space Logistics TC at the Space 2011 conference
Tuesday, 27 September
1030 Hours: 9-SL-1 Cis-Lunar Resource Infrastructure for Flexible Path and Space Commerce
 AIAA-2011-7110 The Logistics Development of a cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle
 AIAA-2011-7111 Lunar/NEO Commercial Initiatives
 AIAA-2011-7112 From Importing to Exporting: The Impact of ISRU on Space Logistics
 AIAA-2011-7113 A Cis-Lunar Propellant Infrastructure for Flexible Path Exploration and
Space Commerce
1630 Hours: 27-SL-2/SR-02 Joint Panel: Cis-Lunar Resource Infrastructure: A Game Changing
Approach
Wednesday, 28 September
1030 Hours: 62-SL-3 Space Logistics and Supportability Technology
 AIAA-2011-7231 Supportability for Beyond Low Earth Orbit Missions
 AIAA-2011-7232 System Concepts to Reduce Logistics Requirements for Space Exploration
 AIAA-2011-7233 The Automated Transfer Vehicle - A Continuing Space Logistics Success
Story
1600 Hours: 80-SL-4 Life Cycle Supportability and Affordability
 AIAA-2011-7269 Ground Processing Affordability for Space Vehicles
 AIAA-2011-7270 Right-Sizing Life Cycle Logistics for Space Systems
Thursday, 29 September
1600 Hours: 117-SL-5 Space Logistics Modeling and Analysis
 AIAA-2011-7345 Comparative Usability Study of Two Space Logistics Analysis Tools
 AIAA-2011-7346 Space Logistics Modeling and Simulation Analysis using SpaceNet: Four
Application Cases
 AIAA-2011-7347 A Proposal for Graph-Theoretic Modeling Approach to Resource-Economy in
Spaceflight Campaign Logistics
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