Use of Analogous Projects for Trade Space Analysis for Lunar command, control, communication and information Architectures

A survey across a wide range of historical, status quo, and related analogues can be performed to form a multi-dimensional trade space for the des ign of the NASA Constellation Program's Lunar Command, Control, Communication, and Information (C3I) architecture. In turn, a comprehensive mapping of the architectural trade space informs which design variables and options are available to synthesize, analyze, and e valuate numerous system-of-systems configurations over the evolution of the lunar camp aign. In order to achieve this mapping, the scope of this paper focuses on extracting and documenting commonalities and differences in the control and management of information and operational activities across seven selected analogues, so as to better understand which information flow models and concepts enable desired states of operations.