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The Marshall Space

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Flight Center’s Advanced

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Concepts

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Office-ACO- provides

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conceptual and rapid preliminary

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design analysis, technical

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assessment, and mission

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concept definition studies of

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future space systems for

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NASA, DoD, and commercial space

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flight missions. We'll take

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an idea that someone produced

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and from that idea we actually

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come up with a mission.

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And what it will look

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like and how it will

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perform and even come up

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with costs models for it.

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Bridging science and exploration

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ACO specializes in innovative

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concepts for advanced

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space systems, which include

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earth-to-orbit

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transportation,

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and planetary survey systems.

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ACO is unique throughout

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NASA for its breadth of

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experience in both space

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system conceptual analysis

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and integrated architecture.

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ACO’s position within Agency

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advantageously allows for different

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class and depth of study,

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including human space flight, launch

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vehicle preliminary design

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solutions, and deep level expertise

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and experience. ACO utilizes a

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unique collaborative engineering

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approach for conducting mission

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architecture and concept definition

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studies in support of pre-phase

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A and phase A project formulation

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of potential future space

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missions. The iterative approach,

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which has evolved over many

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years, consists of a physics-based,

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integrated analysis for mission

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definition, vehicle definition

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and system engineering.  The

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team is made up of permanently

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co-located multi-discipline,

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experienced design engineers who also

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have deep reach-back access to

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engineers in specific disciplines.

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From small to large missions,

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ACO has conducted a wide range of

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conceptual design studies in support

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of nearly every NASA initiative

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and program over the past

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several decades. What

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I think is most exciting

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about what ACO performs

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is that we have a myriad of

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mission concepts that