This report summarizes the Access to Space ( A2S ) Workshop held on February 25 - 27 , 2020 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ( APL ) and hosted by NASA ’s Science Mission Directorate ( SMD ) . This workshop solicited community input on the creation and management of an ESPA - class1payload pipeline for NASA SMD launches . The workshop brought together roughly 180 participants including scientists , engineers , instrument developers , launch providers , and policy makers across NASA centers , government agencies , commercial industry , research institutes , and academia .