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OSTA-1 lessons learned and recommendations for future payloadsFive remote sensing experiments, together with one air pollution and one bioengineering experiment, were incorporated into the first Space Shuttle scientific payload of the NASA Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA-1). The instrument package, experimental procedures, and specialized personnel teams all performed satisfactorily. Attention is presently given to the lessons learned during the OSTA-1-incorporating mission, STS-2 of November 12, 1981. Payload test and integration teams should never take unfamiliar facilities for granted. Training, especially if it employs hands-on experience with full-scale mockups and mission simulations, is found to be highly effective. Ephemeris data is too important to trust to table-top calculators, since errors propagate in repeated calculations. Terminal access to an off-line computer is required.
Document ID
19840030545
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Baldwin, R. R.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Brizzolara, F. W.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Demas, L. J.
(NASA Office of Space Science and Applications Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
84A13332
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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