Concept Exploration
Concept exploration Concept exploration is the first step in the icm lifecycle.
Concept exploration. Concept that is given a high evaluation good 9 regardless of the evaluations given for the other criteria. Of the many ships studied during concept exploration one was to be further developed and refined by the. Concept exploration the concept building and exploration phases focus on the geothermal resource and its potential uses. In the past concept exploration was the first step in defining the properties of a ship.
This early activity while called concept exploration and development is a powerful driver on the end result. Nasa is preparing for a future that could include soft robotic spacecraft with flexible surfaces that can anchor to an asteroid and an artificial gravity device for long duration deep space missions along with other technologies that so far has been limited to the realm of science fiction. 1 describe concept development as consisting of needs analysis valid need and practical approach concept exploration performance to meet the need feasible cost. In their definitions of concept development kossiakoff et al.