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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 95 - Salt Lake City - March 2005
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE B - MISSILES AND SPACE 8.2 The NASA Human Exploration Program
Title	The NASA Human Exploration Program
Presenter	Linda Fuhrman
Affiliation	Draper
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Abstract	In January of 2004, President Bush outlined a new Vision for Exploration and directed NASA to focus its efforts on Human and Robotic exploration of our Solar System “…and beyond.” This Vision calls for a manned return to the Moon by 2020 and manned missions to Mars potentially as early as 2030. Given the current lack of Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles (HLLVs), this can pose interesting guidance and control problems not encountered during the Apollo program. In this paper we will outline the scope of the Vision for Exploration, and the current plans for manifesting that Vision into reality. In addition, several examples of GN&C issues (such as precision landing on the Lunar polar far side) and potential solutions will be discussed.