Using the Agile Approach for Lunar Settlement

ABSTRACT Fast-moving technology companies are creating products and services that impact billions of people on Earth. Software and hardware—and their associated development practices—have matured over the past three decades and the lessons learned from this maturation have been taken on board by emerging space organizations, to prove that “agile” methodology can be used for ambitious space challenges. An agile approach can lead to a reduction of cost, reduction of time, reduction of risk, and allow the evolution of more optimal approaches. In this article, I present an agile framework to space settlement with modern tools and processes that is relevant in a time of exponential technological progression.