http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/06/nasa-teams-evaluating-iss-built-exploration-platform-roadmap/

NASA teams evaluating ISS-built Exploration Platform roadmap
June 14th, 2012 by Chris Bergin

NASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) are coming to the conclusion of their support activity phase for what could be the major focal point for exploring deep space destinations. The Exploration Gateway/Platform – constructed from international modules at the ISS, before being deployed to EML2 – would see greater involvement from “existing launchers” in building the staging ground for missions to the Moon, Asteroids and Mars.

The Current Plan:

Several documented dates for the completion of an exploration roadmap have come and gone over the last several months, mainly due – it is claimed – to the uncertainty with NASA’s long term budget projections.

However, a baseline of sorts does exist, mainly via the opening options created by the Exploration Systems Development (ESD) Design Reference Missions (DRM) – as outlined in the Space Launch System (SLS) Concept Of Operations (Con Ops) document, available in L2 (L2 Link).

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