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Regaining Space Leadership Through Control Of Life Cycle Costs, David J. Lowry, Thomas A. Feaster

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper cove~s the concept of Unified Life Cycle Engineering (ULCE) and how it could be used to avoid the types of problems that have been identified in the operation of the current configuration of the Shuttle.

Presents the concept of incorporating reliability and maintainability factors in the early phases of new system design. Describes plans for research and development of computerized tools in this area. The concept includes the role that CAE/CAD/CAM should play in improving design for supportability. The products that are needed to integrate these factors into database structures supporting the entire life cycle of the new …

Innovative Use Ot Incentive Contracts, George T. Nickolas

Space Congress® Proceedings

Fixed price contracts have been proclaimed as the most appropriate type of contracts for the Government to negotiate to the detriment of any consideration of the incentive type contracts. This tendency is especially true for the production contracts where clear, firm specifications are available to enable the contractor to perform the required work. In many cases, however, the use of incentive contracts might prove a valuable tool for contracting officers.

This paper will explore the use of fixed price incentive and cost plus incentive fee contracts where negotiations have become deadlocked due to substantial differences in negotiation positions between the …

Development Of The Resource Module For The European Space Station Programme Columbus, Author Not Available

Space Congress® Proceedings

This presentation summarizes the module during the study phases B1 May 1987. evolution of a resource and B2 from July 1985 to May

The development has been performed by Dornier System on behalf of the European Space Agency ESA leading a consortium of 12 European companies. This summary shows the aim of establishing a design concept supposed to be most flexible with respeqt to changing mission scenarios as wel~ ~s different applications of the module. The presentation also shows the development of the design itself with emphasis on the present reference configuration.

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Mtff Operational Design Features, H. Friedrich, A. J. Thirkettle

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper describes the main design features incorporated in the European Space Agency's Man-Tended Free Flyer which enable the MTFF to be operational on-orbit for a 30 year period via servicing and maintenance. The MTFF is to be serviced at the Station or by Hermes every 6 months in one of two ways - using man in the Pressurized Module and using robotics for the external equipment of the PM and the Resource Module. EVA is a contingency back-up to the latter. Crew servicing inside the PM is enhanced by the proper attention to design details allowing good access to …

Insurance And Indemnification Implications Of Future Space Projects, John E. O'Brien

Space Congress® Proceedings

As we are all acutely aware, the international insurance industry has suffered substantial losses in the casualty insurance arena in the past several years. Some of those losses, but certainly not all, have been attributable to certain space activities undertaken by members of the international community. In addition, many of the insurance problems also involve the extraordinary number of aircraft accidents and other casualty losses associated with product liability and related liability payouts which have occurred within a relatively short period of time.

As a result, the allocation of risks between manufacturers of various technologies, the users and consumers of …

Space Station Ground Data Management System, Jan Heuser, William Sloan

Space Congress® Proceedings

KSC is planning a Space Station Ground Data Management System (GDMS) for support of functional interface verification, integration and test of Space Station modules and elements. This computer system, planned for initial operational support in 1992, currently is entering a definition and prototyping stage. This paper provides an overview of the GDMS system concept. It synqpsizes system functional capabilities, and discusses software and hardware architectural approaches currently under evaluation. It identifies programmatic constraints and their influence upon the concept, as well as specific technical issues planned for study or evaluation via prototyping.

Space Transportation System Meteorological Expert, Arthur E. Beller, Sue P. Stafford, Arthur D. Little

Space Congress® Proceedings

Computers are being used today to build the expert systems of tomorrow. Expert systems are computer programs that are smart about a domain in the way that people are smart. Expert systems technology is being applied to weather forecasting to support Shuttle operations for launch and for ground processing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The Space Transportation System Meterological ExperT (STSMET) is a long term project, now-in its third year, to capture general Shuttle operational weather forecasting expertise specific to our locale, to apply it to Shuttle operational weather forecasting tasks at the Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility (CCFF) at …

Orbital Spacecraft Consumables Resupply System, Thomas Berry

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper describes the work completed on the Orbital Spacecraft Consumables Resupply System (OSCRS) for the Johnson Space Center (JSC) under Contract NAS9-17586. The study objective was to provide a concept to NASA for supplying earth storable liquids and gases to a variety of orbiting vehicles, including Space Station, OMV and other satellites in orbits compatible with Shuttle resupply. The design developed by the Fairchild Space Company was driven by life cycle cost.

The aesign is based on a cylindrical propellant tank optimized for transporting liquids in the Orbiter bay. The tank is polar mounted with the attachment fittings configured …

Contractual Methods Of Incentivizing Improved Space Flight Safety, James R. Vickers

Space Congress® Proceedings

The contractual methods NASA uses to assure safety for manned spaced flights are examined in this paper. It concludes that they do little to incentivize a contractor to improve safety and suggests that in areas as critical as manned space flight safety, NASA adopt a Safety Engineering Incentive Program. This program would be similar to the existing Value Engineering program except that financial incentives would be paid for improving safety. The paper also suggests that as an added incentive for improving safety, relief from liability under Public Law 85-804 on future projects be conditioned by limiting it to risks that …

Building Intelligent Systems: Artificial Intelligence Research At Nasa Ames Research Center, Peter Friedland, Henry Lum

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The goal of building autonomous, intelligent systems is the major focus of both basic and applied research in artificial intelligence within NASA. This paper discusses the components that make up that goal and describes ongoing work at the NASA Ames Research Center to achieve the goal.

NASA provides a unique environment for fostering the development of intelligent computational systems; the test domains, especially Space Station systems, represent both a welldefined need, and a marvelous series of increasingly more difficult problems for testing research ideas. One can see a clear progression of systems through research settings (both within and external to …

University Of Florida Lightning Research At The Kennedy Space Center, Martin A. Uman, Ewen M. Thomson

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A variety of basic and applied research programs are being conducted at the Kennedy Space Center. As an example of this research we describe the University of Florida program to characterize the electric and magnetic fields of lightning and the coupling of those fields to utility power lines. Specifically, we consider in detail the measurements of horizontal and vertical electric fields made during the previous three summers at KSC and the simultaneous measurements of the voltages on a 500 m test line made during the past two summers at KSC. Theory to support these measurements is also presented.

Large Flexible Solar Arrays, I. V. Franklin

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The majority of existing large solar arrays are designed against the requirements imposed by communcations satellites in geostationary orbits. For example, high launcher costs per kilogramme of satellite mass dictate an ecomomic preference for lightweight array designs, and with no method of satellite retrieval from GEO, array deployment can use simple 'one shot' devices. This is not true for low earth orbit missions.

However, the introduction of the Space Shuttle and the manned space station programme, including Columbus has caused a change of emphasis inarraydesign. Stowage volume rather than mass is now the cost criterion. Furthermore, to fully use the …

The Columbus System Baseline And Interfaces, Frank Longhurst

Space Congress® Proceedings

The current Columbus s~stem baseline can be traced back to a number of Space Station linked Phase A studies funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) during the period 1982 to 1984, plus nationally funded studies undertaken by Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom during the latter part of the same period. All of these studies were completed in the summer of 1984, shortly after the invitation of the President of the United States to Europe and certain other countries to join the United States in an international Space Station Programme.

This paper traces the evolution of the Columbus system …

Task Force On Faculty Recognition: Report To The Academic Vice President, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Recommended strategies fro recognizing faculty achievement.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding Lt. Governor Steve Beshear visit, state student government meeting, events and resolutions.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Executive Committee meeting re: meeting with Kern Alexander, Junior Black Faculty Development Program, sick leave policy, departmental governance, athletic expenditures and academic probation.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss "Hangout" in Downing University Center, legislation, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and debates.

Appendix A: Index Of Participants [1987], Kentucky Transportation Center

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Appendix B: Traffic Management Work Session, Kentucky Transportation Center

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Remarks: R. D. Morgan, R. D. Morgan

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Consultants, Contractors, Locals: A Panel Discussion, Jim Youngquist, Russell Sights, Mike Miller, James Parsons, E. B. Gaither, Lewis N. Melton, Dean Blake, Henry Hinkle, James D. Scott

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Bridges The Gap, Clellon Loveall

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Remarks From Senator Helen Garrett, Helen Garrett

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding elections, COSFL constitution, salary survey, student evaluations, athletics, sick leave and department chairs or heads.

Construction Management And Engineering Work Session, Garey White, Paul Faulkner, R. R. Dawson Jr., Robert A. Walsburger

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Traffic Management Work Session, Bruce Siria, Mike Hailperin, William Sampson, George A. Yates, Anthony J. Barry

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Local Roads Management Work Session, Otto Ingram, Freddie Goble, Donald K. Bryant

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Outstanding Road Programs, C. Leslie Dawson

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Remarks: Lt. General E. R. Heiberg, Iii, E. R. Heiberg Iii

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

State And Local Government Reactions, Larry Hayes, Charles F. Haywood, Edwin L. Griffin, Prentice Harvey

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.