This NASA office https://www.nasa.gov/organizations/otps/  was created in November 2021 within the Office of the NASA Administrator to work transparently in collaboration across NASA and with the broader space community to provide NASA leadership with a trade space of data- and evidence-driven options to develop and shape NASA policy, strategy, and technology.  These slides https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/otps-mandate-and-overview-presentation-tagged.pdf?emrc=470768 provide additional information about this office’s objectives.  It’s 2023 annual report https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20230018532/downloads/OTPS_Annual_Report_A_Year_in_Review_2023_STRIVES.pdf documents its activities including addressing orbital debris as a means of achieving space sustainability, moon to Mars objectives in emerging space exploration, and whether NASA has technologies and capabilities required for the future such as artificial intelligence and a robust industrial base and supply chain. Lunar Landing and Operations Policy Analysis (2022) https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/lunar_landing_and_operations_policy_analysis_final_report_24oct2022_tagged_0.pdf is a sample publication.

This blog post was submitted by Bert Chapman, Purdue University.