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A stochastic modeling approach for interplanetary supply chain planning - EurekAlert
In recent years, interest groups in business and politics have joined the scientific community in their desire to extend human space travel into deep space, specifically to Mars [1–3]. This historically rare alignment of interests is a potent driver of advancements in the space sector and has made the vision of a permanent human presence on Mars more tangible than ever. Different from the so-called carry-along approach for self-contained projects which requires all resources needed during the mission to be brought along in the spacecraft, sustaining a permanent base on another planet poses completely new challenges and thus necessitates a novel space logistics paradigm, which is referred to as interplanetary supply chain (ISC). In a research paper recently published in Space: Science & Technology, the scholar Gregor Blossey, from University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria and European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, introduces principles and methodologies of supply chain (SC) planning to the field of space logistics and proposes a holistic supply chain model, exploring the vision of a permanent human presence on Mars from a logistics standpoint.In recent years, interest groups in business and politics have joined the scientific community in their desire to extend human space travel into deep space, specifically to Mars [1–3]. This historically rare alignment of interests is a potent driver of advancements in the space sector and has made the vision of a permanent human presence on Mars more tangible than ever. Different from the so-called carry-along approach for self-contained projects which requires all resources needed during the mission to be brought along in the spacecraft, sustaining a permanent base on another planet poses completely new challenges and thus necessitates a novel space logistics paradigm, which is referred to as interplanetary supply chain (ISC). In a research paper recently published in Space: Science & Technology, the scholar Gregor Blossey, from University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria and European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, introduces principles and methodologies of supply chain (SC) planning to the field of space logistics and proposes a holistic supply chain model, exploring the vision of a permanent human presence on Mars from a logistics standpoint.
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