Develop Global Safety Synergies for Long-Range Human Space Exploration, with Focus on Launch Systems

The agencies participating in the International space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) demonstrate a natural synergy for defining and implementing meaningful steps towards advanced human spaceflight. Within the exploration mission themes of the Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) [1], crew transportation and operation capabilities are driven by key requirements based on human and robotic mission partnership. They require an acceptable level of safety associated with the risks inherent to live, travel and work in space. This paper pursues the goal to investigate the safety orientations to be targeted by the space agencies, and addresses the main decision factors for implementing global safety rules regarding the space transportation vehicles.