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Space Transportation Operations: Assessment of Methodologies and ModelsThe systems design process for future space transportation involves understanding multiple variables and their effect on lifecycle metrics. Variables such as technology readiness or potential environmental impact are qualitative, while variables such as reliability, operations costs or flight rates are quantitative. In deciding what new design concepts to fund, NASA needs a methodology that would assess the sum total of all relevant qualitative and quantitative lifecycle metrics resulting from each proposed concept. The objective of this research was to review the state of operations assessment methodologies and models used to evaluate proposed space transportation systems and to develop recommendations for improving them. It was found that, compared to the models available from other sources, the operations assessment methodology recently developed at Kennedy Space Center has the potential to produce a decision support tool that will serve as the industry standard. Towards that goal, a number of areas of improvement in the Kennedy Space Center's methodology are identified.
Document ID
20030002516
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Joglekar, Prafulla
(La Salle Univ. Philadelphia, PA United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: 2000 Final Administrative Report NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Subject Category
Space Transportation And Safety
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG10-280
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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