Achieving a prioritized research & technology development portfolio for the Dust Management Project

Abstract

The NASA Lunar Dust Management Project (DMP) has been established to address relevant high priority needs for lunar dust mitigation technologies to be used during lunar surface operations. To this end, an important goal of the project is to ensure that DMP only invests in research and technologies (R&T) that have been assessed and prioritized to meet NASA needs for lunar exploration. To facilitate the process, comparison/decision criteria were developed to assess and prioritize internal and external technology solution alternatives. This paper describes the technologies and presents the assessment methodology.