DEFINITION:

Sustainability and Supportability includes technology candidates required to establish a self-sufficient, sustainable, and affordable human space exploration program.

(Source: NASA TA7.2)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Autonomous Logistics Management: This addresses technologies needed to institute a centralized logistic depot to manage and optimize the use of consumables at the exploration destination and minimize human-specific logistics (i.e., food), as well as other logistics items that can be repurposed or recycled in order to reduce Earth dependency and logistics train.
2. Maintenance Systems: This addresses technologies needed to perform routine system evaluation, preventive maintenance, and corrective actions on human exploration systems.
3. Repair Systems: This addresses technologies that perform “wear-and-tear” repairs, as well as those that perform minimum or non-intrusive repair.
4. Food Production, Processing, and Preservation: This addresses technologies that feed crew members and keep their food safe.