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373 Architecting the Future The intention of the session, and this introductory paper is to layout and discuss the key systems engineering challenges (technical, organizational, and scientific) associated with architecting the future as we would like to see it come to pass (i.e., our evolution to a spacefaring society in earnest). This paper examines Phil Culbertson's Systems Engineering conundrum of "How do you manage the systems engineering of a project when it is not yet understood what is truely required to accomplish it?" and the germane corallary "You can not change the size of an airlock in software!". The paper examines the conceptual evolution necessary to allow a transition from a merely a "Permanent presence" in space to "Communities" of humanity in space. An outline of the key drivers: Technical, Organizational, and Scientific is offered along with an examination of the actuators cast in terms of Technological push and/or Conceptual pull.