NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist has created a series of Space Technology Roadmaps that chart the way forward for numerous technologies related to spaceflight and NASA’s goals over the next 30 years. NASA worked with the National Research Council and identified fourteen technology areas, then assigned agency specialists to describe each area’s top technical challenges, the spaceflight missions they could impact or enable, and — as a byproduct — the important terrestrial fields they could advance. NASA also has Technology Area Breakdown Structures for all fourteen technology areas.

Presented by: Dr. James Reuther