DESCANSO Center Functions
PROVIDE technical leadership in the planning and implementing of an integrated vision for the future of deep space communications and navigation
- Develop a coordinated vision with program offices, from a NASA perspective
- Create and maintain technology roadmaps consistent with developed vision and end-to-end trade analyses
IDENTIFY, promote, and advocate innovative concepts, systems, and technology
- Increase focus on innovation and breakthroughs
- Advocate/broker potentially high pay-off developments for accelerated infusion into missions
- Lead/Co-lead study/working groups on key technical issues
- Stimulate leading-edge applied research critical to future mission scenarios
- Identify and facilitate R&D partnerships and information exchange within JPL, NASA, industry, academia and other external organizations
FOSTER improved engineering capabilities and resources
- Support the acquiring and maintaining of world-class personnel and their skills
- Enhance the technical infrastructure: processes, tools, labs, ....