{"project":{"acronym":"LRR","projectId":10577,"title":"Logistics Reduction and Repurposing Project","primaryTaxonomyNodes":[{"taxonomyNodeId":10727,"taxonomyRootId":8816,"parentNodeId":10726,"level":3,"code":"TX07.2.1","title":"Logistics Management","definition":"Logistics management technologies institute a centralized logistic depot to manage and optimize the use of Earth-supplied consumables at the exploration destination via residual recovery, repurposing, recycling, commonality, and parts repurposing.","exampleTechnologies":"Propellant scavenging, flexible, vacuum-rated liquid storage bags, power scavenged wireless sensor tag systems, dense zone technology (radio frequency identification enclosure), sparse zone technology, logistics complex event processing, six degrees of freedom logistics tag system, packaging foam, additive printer feedstock, autonomous logistics translation and unpacking, logistical waste (e.g. food packaging, cargo transfer bags, etc.) repurposing or recycling into new materials, logistics carriers, packaging, and restraint systems","hasChildren":false,"hasInteriorContent":true}],"startTrl":3,"currentTrl":5,"endTrl":5,"benefits":"
All human space missions, regardless of destination, require significant logistical mass and volume that is strongly proportional to mission duration. As exploration missions lengthen in distance and duration, reduction of these logistics requirements becomes even more important since they may all have to be loaded on a single launch vehicle. This project works to reduce initial mass and volume of supplies or reuse items that have been launched.
These technologies may have broad use for potential commercial providers of future exploration systems, providing benefits for reduction of logistics requirements.
Technologies developed under this project could also be utilized by other government agencies whose personnel live and work in extreme remote environments, such as the military, the National Science Foundation research stations, etc.
","description":"The project enables a largely mission-independent, cradle-to-grave-to-cradle approach to minimize logistics contributions to total mission architecture mass. The goals are to engineer logistics materials, common crew consumables, and container configurations to meet five basic goals. When these five goals are integrated across a mission, they will reduce ISS-equivalent packaging volume by 50%.
The Logistics Reduction Project is the follow-on to this project.
The Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Logistics Reduction and Repurposing (LRR) project will enable a mission-independent cradle-to-grave-to-cradle approach to minimize logistics contributions to total mission architecture mass. The goals of LRR are to systematically engineer common crew consumables, container configurations, and waste management to meet five basic goals:
The goals of the Logistics project will be accomplished through five hardware tasks plus a strong systems engineering analysis and integration function. The five hardware oriented tasks are: