OG 1 – Solar System Exploration

OG leader:
Enrico Flamini

OG members:
Alberto Canciani
Marcello Coradini
Piero Messidoro
Roberto Somma

• Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) and its evolution.
• Human and robotic iSA (in-Space Assembly), and iSS (in-Space Servicing) orbital facilities.
• Future Sun-Earth L2 missions.
• Contribution to the creation of a self-sustained Spacefaring Economy.

OG 2 – Scientific Support to Space Exploration

OG leader:
Piero Spillantini

• Environmental Control of orbital and planetary manned habitat.
• Identification and exploitation of Moon and NEOs useful elements (water, rare metals, other).
• Protection of in-space auxiliary facilities (e.g. propellant production and depot).

OG 3 – Enabling Technologies

OG leader:
Claudio Sollazzo

• Control and mitigation of debris and hostile objects.
• ISRU activities.
• Cooperative robots for iSA, and iSS activities.
• Advanced propulsion systems (e.g. Electric – Hybrid – Nuclear).
• Two-way space-to-space vehicles (e.g. LEO to LEO; LEO to LOP-G; LOP-G to Moon surface).

OG 4 – Italian Autonomous Launch Capability

OG leader:
Mauro Balduccini

• Launch Vehicles and launch infrastructures for LEO – MEO orbits.

OG 5 – USA-ITALY Bilateral Cooperation

OG leader:
TBD