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The Significant Incidents and Close Calls in Human Space Flight Chart: Lessons Learned Gone ViralThis presentation will explore the surprising history and events that transformed a mundane spreadsheet of historical spaceflight incidents into a popular and widely distributed visual compendium of lessons learned. The Significant Incidents and Close Calls in Human Space Flight Chart (a.k.a. The Significant Incidents Chart) is a popular and visually captivating reference product that has arisen from the work of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Flight Safety Office (FSO). It began as an internal tool intended to increase our team s awareness of historical and modern space flight incidents. Today, the chart is widely recognized across the agency as a reference tool. It appears in several training and education programs. It is used in familiarization training in the JSC Building 9 Mockup Facility and is seen by hundreds of center visitors each week. The chart visually summarizes injuries, fatalities, and close calls sustained during the continuing development of human space flight. The poster-sized chart displays over 100 total events that have direct connections to human space flight endeavors. The chart is updated periodically. The update process itself has become a collaborative effort. Many people, spanning multiple NASA organizations, have provided suggestions for additional entries. The FSO maintains a growing list of subscribers who have requested to receive updates. The presenters will discuss the origins and motivations behind the significant incidents chart. A review of the inclusion criteria used to select events will be offered. We will address how the chart is used today by S&MA and offer a vision of how it might be used by other organizations now and in the future. Particular emphasis will be placed on features of the chart that have met with broad acceptance and have helped spread awareness of the most important lessons in human spaceflight.
Document ID
20100028272
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wood, Bill
(Science Applications International Corp. Houston, TX, United States)
Pate, Dennis
(Science Applications International Corp. Houston, TX, United States)
Thelen, David
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-21346
Meeting Information
Meeting: 8th Annual NASA Project Management Challenge: Explore and Inspire
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: February 9, 2010
End Date: February 10, 2010
Sponsors: NASA Headquarters
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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