European Space Exploration Envelope Programme & Lunar Aspirations

European Space Exploration Envelope Programme & Lunar Aspirations Piero Messina – ESA Strategy Department 16/05/2019 ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use

ESA Human and Robotic exploration – E3P High level goals Lead Europe’s human journey into the Solar System using a partnership with robotic missions as precursors and scouts Initiate history-making projects that will determine Europe’s role in global space exploration for the next decade and beyond High level outcomes consistent with ESA’s agreed exploration strategy New knowledge; economically valuable innovation; inspiration of the next generation; and expanded international cooperation Europe can only afford one space exploration programme ! ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 2

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Forward to the Moon ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 4

CS#2: NASA’s Orion spaceship Europe already at the heart of the next spacecraft to carry humans into deep space ESM1: delivered Nov 2018 ESM2: delivery date August 2020 ESM3: delivery date scheduled for December 2021 Batch procurements ESM4-6 and ESM7-9 studied ESM3/4 may be used for accelerated human landing ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 5

CS#2: The Lunar Gateway Industrial opportunities ESPRIT - European System Providing Refuelling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications I-Hab - International Habitation module Science opportunities Space plasma physics Radiation research and protection Astrobiology Interplanetary Interstellar dust sampling ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 6

CS#3: Moon Robotic and link to human exploration ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 7

Knowledge Iso n oo -M rth ile y Ea lat vo ntor e inv Volatile chemicals er at W ce i to pe Drilled Polar Samples So W l ar in d g a ti n e H ves cur Reso extr urce demUse action ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official onst ratio n s M com ercu r pla para y net tive olo gy cs a ni Measurements As t so ero ur i d ce al s otic Prebi try is chem Org Local Resource Potential Me c es ag Pro hanic Im p a e r t ies l Terres tria volatil l e origin s ry a et e s m rc o C so u e t il n a l o Vo rati es s ig m oces pr Step 1 - Missions of Opportunity PILOT and PROSPECT (Luna-27) New possibilities: commercial, Chang’e series, NASA (CLPS), JAXA Science, technology and ISRU payload preparation 14/05/2019 Slide 8 Map of polar water ice stability within 1m (Paige et al. 2010.)

Step 2: Preparation of an ESA-led robotic mission Robotic sample return and precursor to human exploration (HERACLES) enabled by international partners or End-to-end demonstrator of ISRU, enabled by commercial partnerships ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 9

Lunar commercial partnerships ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 10

Step 3: Consistency with human surface exploration Study roles in Human architecture Roles in US-led ascender/descender or Moon tug transfer vehicle being considered by industry based on Orion/ESM experience Possible surface infrastructure: science instruments; robotics used by human explorers Main emphasis on sustainable human exploration (phase 2) ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use 14/05/2019 Slide 11

ESA Space19 proposal lunar highlights ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use Working with international partners on the Lunar Gateway & European Service Module for Orion to shuttle the crew to the Gateway and back. To deliver world-class European science to the Moon, using novel international and commercial partnerships and new European technology, beginning with Lunar Resource Lander (surface) and Lunar Pathfinder (orbiter). To start a programme of space resources research and support the build up a space resources industry in Europe. To challenge European industry by demonstrating essential lunar exploration technology such as propulsion, power and robotics. 14/05/2019 Slide 12

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