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Advancing Technologies for
In-Space Servicing, Assembly,
and Manufacturing
A collaborative ecosystem harnesses the nation's
collective brainpower, resources, and technologies
to accelerate the wider adoption of ISAM.
I
n 2023, NASA announced the creation
of a Consortium for Space Mobility and
ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) - a new
organization devoted to advancing technologies
for in-space servicing, assembly,
and manufacturing (ISAM). COSMIC will
foster a collaborative ecosystem that harnesses
the nation's collective brainpower,
resources, and technologies to accelerate
the wider adoption of ISAM and usher in a
new era of advanced space operations.
Greg Richardson leads COSMIC as
the Executive Director of the consortium
and primary interface to NASA.
He is also a principal engineer/scientist
in the Human Exploration and Spaceflight
Division at The Aerospace Corporation
(Aerospace).
Richardson is currently leading several
Aerospace efforts in evolvable structure
and ecosystems in space (ESES); in-space
servicing, assembly, and manufacturing
(ISAM); space access, mobility, and logistics
(SAML); and rendezvous and proximity
operations (RPO). He also provides
support to multiple government customers
on in-space servicing, RPO, cluster
flight, spacecraft autonomy, and design
of advanced mission concepts.
In this interview, Richardson elaborates
on the future vision of COSMIC and
how the organization will coordinate
work across government, industry, research,
and academic entities, to help accelerate
ISAM activities that will foster the
future space economy.
Tech Briefs: What was the need for
NASA to create COSMIC and what is its
primary goal?
Greg Richardson: The ISAM National
Strategy and National ISAM Implementation
Plan released by the White
House in 2022 signaled a mandate
to establish U.S. leadership in this
critical area. To achieve this, these
documents underscored a need for
a national consortium to improve
communication between the various
stakeholders working on
ISAM. The Implementation Plan
tasked NASA with building this
consortium, and NASA embraced
the national imperative.
COSMIC's mission is to make
ISAM a routine part of space architectures
and mission lifecycles.
COSMIC is funded by NASA
and is managed by Aerospace,
but it serves stakeholders from all
sectors of the U.S. ISAM community
- government, industry, academia,
non-profit research, and
others - and is responsive to their
needs. COSMIC creates avenues for
members to communicate and coordinate
on ISAM, establish areas of
common interest, and identify gaps to
close. Together, the COSMIC member
community envisions a future in which
the U.S. provides global leadership in
ISAM.
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