Synergy Moon is creating an exploration and development enterprise that can be used again and again for exploration and development in near earth space. This requires networking various components and systems to form the infrastructure required to support these operation and to develop the hardware required to achieve the goals. Synergy Moon is a high level systems integrator, so we naturally have chosen to use a System of Systems Engineering methodology to meet the challenges of this endeavor. System of systems is a collection of task-oriented or dedicated systems that pool their resources and capabilities together to create a new, more complex, 'meta-system' which offers more functionality and performance than simply the sum of the constituent systems (Synergy). System-of-Systems Engineering (SoSE) is a set of developing processes, tools, and methods for designing, re-designing and deploying solutions to System-of-Systems challenges. SoSE methods are being used by the US Department of Defense, and are frequently being selected for use in other complex development projects in other industries, including aerospace.
SoS analysis is a top-down process to develop the correct data-driven variables for any complex system. The intent is the creation of a common abstraction mapping all variables affecting the space exploration system and its environment. We must:
 Determine a general correct set of metrics governing all aspects of the mission.  Determine a general correct set of metrics governing environmental factors affecting the mission.  Determine a general correct set of metrics to track hardware performance.  Connect mission specific spacecraft metrics to mission objectives.
The goal is to capture a breadth of environment data and spacecraft responses that are likely to occur in near earth and lunar exploration missions. Initial testing will demonstrate and validate the metrics developed, and provide experiences valuable to integration between our AI based mission development and operations computer system and all components of our mission hardware. The resulting algorithms will estimate vehicle health and welfare, mission performance, and environment data. This system will also have the ability to use external supporting data sets in order to allow joint testing with other partners. Environment chambers will be used to test realistic space and lunar conditions, the effects on sensors, and results in the System Map model of the mission hardware (lander and rover).

This Mission Development, Operations and Control System will allow us to create a functional high fidelity simulation system for hardware development, testing and mission planning. This system will become an earth based system for management and operations of our space missions, including a global communications network to provide 24 hour full time access to the space hardware, command and control systems to monitor and operate the space hardware, data handling and storage systems to process all data and format information gathered by the space hardware, and interface systems that allow mission participants and customers access to mission control interfaces and access to mission data in multiple formats.