Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems

Technologies enabling autonomous and autonomic behaviors of spacecraft have steadily progressed, but, as argued in this book, need to be extended much farther to enable success of the most advanced un-crewed space-mission concepts in the future. This book

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The NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering series addresses cutting-edge and groundbreaking research in the fields of systems and software engineering. This includes in-depth descriptions of technologies currently being applied, as well as research areas of likely applicability to future NASA missions. Emphasis is placed on relevance to NASA missions and projects.

Walt Truszkowski, Harold L . Hallock, Christopher Rouff, Jay Karlin, James Rash, Mike Hinchey, and Roy Sterritt

Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems With 56 Figures

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Walt Truszkowski NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mail Code 587 Greenbelt MD 20771, USA [email protected]

James Rash NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mail Code 585 Greenbelt MD 20771, USA [email protected]

Harold L. Hallock NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Greenland MD 20771, USA [email protected]

Mike Hinchey Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre University of Limerick Limerick Ireland

Christopher Rouff Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Laboratories Arlington, VA, USA [email protected] Jay Karlin Viable Systems, Inc. 4710 Bethesda Ave. #516 Maryland MD 20814, USA [email protected]

Roy Sterritt Computer Science Research Institute University of Ulster Newtownabbey, County Antrim Northern Ireland [email protected]

ISSN 1860-0131 ISBN 978-1-84628-232-4 e-ISBN 978-1-84628-233-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84628-233-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2009930628 c Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009  Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: SPi Publisher Services Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

In the early 1990s, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started researching and developing autonomous and autonomic ground and spacecraft control systems for future NAS