Space System Architecture: Final Report of SSPARC: the Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium (Thrust I and II)

The Space Systems, Policy and Architecture Research Consortium (SSPARC) was formed to make substantial progress on problems of national importance. The goals of SSPARC were to: ��� Provide technologies and methods that will allow the creation of flexible, upgradable space systems, ��� Create a ���clean sheet��� approach to space systems architecture determination and design, including the incorporation of risk, uncertainty, and flexibility issues, and ��� Consider the impact of national space policy on the above. This report covers the last two goals, and demonstrates that the effort was largely successful.