Unfortunately, Keio University’s team had to withdraw after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan shortly before the SEE event. Rather than participate directly, Technion Institute (Israel) did a study on scenario development and HLA visualization. The simulation scenario took place on the near side of the moon. Student teams’ simulations included a mining operation (MIT), cargo rover (MIT) driving to the supply depot (Genoa and Bordeaux), and meeting the Shuttle Lander (Penn State) which then launched from the lunar surface. MIT also provided the ISRU (In Site Resource Utilization) and the Hopper.
SEE 2012’s scenario was the same as the previous year. MIT operated its ISRU (In Site Resource Utilization) and the Hopper. Penn State operated its Cargo Rover and Shuttle Lander. Genoa operated the Supply Depot and while working with MBDA added the Asteroid Protection System. Lastly, the University of Alabama Huntsville operated a new element in the scenario with the Satellite System and Mass Driver.
17 distributed simulation federates added considerable complexity and record interactivity. The scenario started at the L2 outpost 3.3 miles above the Moon, where a Cargo Drone had just delivered supplies. The scenario progressed with transportation of an asteroid for mining (Penn State). The Communications Satellite (UAH) directed the Cargo Rover (Nebraska) to meet the Shuttle Lander (Penn State) for delivery of supplies to the Supply Depot (Genoa, Bordeaux). Also included was an Astronaut Health Monitoring System (Genoa), but technical difficulties prevented the astronaut (Brunel) from appearing within the simulation. Cal Poly also had similar difficulties while attempting to participate in the scenario with its simulated Space Elevator. UAH and Calabria worked together to warn those on the surface of the Moon of impending danger with the Asteroid Warning System, which in turn triggered an evacuation from the Moon’s surface while the Asteroid Protection (Calabria) tracked and destroyed an asteroid. When Calabria announced “All Clear”, the Mass Driver (UAH) assumed normal operations and launched a cargo drone to L2 Outpost (Munich).
The simulation scenario occurred on the Moon.
SEE 2023
SEE 2023 was held in May 2023. The epoch selected for simulation this year is the time period between the initial establishment of a sustained human presence on the Moon and before humans go to Mars. This time period will include lunar surface habitation/exploration, Mars surface exploration, and the lunar orbital environment. As a result, participants in SEE 2023 have a wide range of simulation-based opportunity areas to consider and develop:
- Surface and sub-surface exploration, transportation, prospecting, harvesting, and mining systems for the Moon or Mars.
- Habitation and support infrastructure (power, cooling, heat, water, food, transportation, distribution systems) for the Lunar Village as well as more basic systems for remote outposts.
- Industrial infrastructure producing propellants, fuels, raw materials, construction materials, recycling and manufacturing capabilities.
- Transport and sale of products and services on base as well as through the Gateway station.
- Robotic outposts in remote lunar areas as well as on Mars, for exploration, prospecting, and in situ resource utilization (ISRU).
