Manifesting Challenges effecting ISS Operations

• 2008/2009 – 6  person crew (requires 4 Soyuz vehicles per year)
• 2010 – Shuttle retirement
• 2010 – 2016ish
– Up mass availability per year
• 4 Progress vehicles (NASA has manifested about 400kg on 3 2006 Progress vehicles)
• 2? ATVs (½ the manifesting space of a progress?)
• 2? HTVs (½ the manifesting space of a progress?)
– Down mass availability per year
• 4 Soyuz vehicles (NASA has manifested 20kg on 11S return and 30kg on 12S return)
– 16 of 17 TLDs are being returned on 11S in a few days (0.01kg)
• Operations/Science Investigations
– Hardware build and burn philosophy post Shuttle retirement
– Should integrate operations/science investigations and limit/eliminate duplication of
hardware between International and Science Investigators
• Stowage
– Increasing problem onboard since Columbia accident
– Current stowage is above operational limits but below crew habitability and safety limits
– Stock piling of used hardware awaiting return on Shuttle flights
– After Shuttle retirement this is not possible