Commercial Space Vehicles Lessons Learned Needs Workshop Bette Siegel, Ph.D. ESMD September 18, 2006
Feb 09, 2016
Commercial Space Vehicles Lessons Learned Needs Workshop
Bette Siegel, Ph.D.ESMD
September 18, 2006
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Purpose of workshop
• Inform commercial companies about NASA databases Containing lessons learned New technologies
• Survey industry to determine high priority lessons learned needs from NASA To help determine what information will be entered into the data
bases in the future.
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Purpose of Commercial Space Lessons Learned Project
• To prepare and make available a summary of lessons learned and best practices that “document the current status of orbital and reentry technology” developed within the last 50 years.
• Target Audiences– Private Space Flight Industry – NASA
• Engineers• Programs
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Why?
• Promote aerospace innovation • Transfer knowledge from NASA to commercial industry
– Commercial Space infrastructure companies• Space hotels
– Commercial transportation providers• ISS re-supply
– Centennial Challenges• Reduce errors and reduce cost
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Centennial Challenges
Competition Purse Comp. Date
Beam Power $200K 16-21 Oct ‘06
Tether $200K 20-21 Oct ’06
Lunar Lander $2M 20-21 Oct ’06
Astronaut Glove $250K April ’07
Regolith Excavation $250K 12 May ’07
Personal Air Vehicle $250K June ’07
MoonROx* $250K Expires June ’08
Planetary UAV $250K TBD ‘08
Telerobotic Construction $250K TBD ’08
For more information: www.centennialchallenges.nasa.gov
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A Bold Vision for Space Exploration, Authorized by Congress
• Complete the International Space Station• Safely fly the Space Shuttle until 2010• Develop and fly the Crew Exploration Vehicle no
later than 2014 (goal of 2012)• Return to the Moon no later than 2020• Extend human presence across the solar system
and beyond• Implement a sustained and affordable human and
robotic program• Develop supporting innovative technologies,
knowledge, and infrastructures• Promote international and commercial participation
in exploration
The Administrator shall establish a program to develop a sustained human presence on the Moon, including a robust precursor program to promote exploration, science, commerce and U.S. preeminence in space, and as a stepping stone to future exploration of Mars and other destinations.
NASA Authorization Act of 2005
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NASA’s Exploration Roadmap
05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Lunar Lander Development
Lunar Heavy Launch Development
Earth Departure Stage Development
Surface Systems Development
CEV Development
Crew Launch Development
Commercial Crew/Cargo for ISSCommercial Crew/Cargo for ISS
Space Shuttle Ops
Lunar Outpost BuildupInitial CEV Capability
CEV Production and Operations
Lunar Robotic Missions
Science Robotic Missions Mars Expedition Design
1st Human CEV Flight 7th Human
Lunar Landing
Early Design Activity
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NASA Statement to Congress
• NASA Administrator Griffin told a US Senate committee recently
“It is well past time for NASA to do everything it can to stimulate commercial space transportation…and I am trying to do that.”
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Definition – Lessons Learned
• “A lesson learned is knowledge or understanding gained by experience. The experience may be positive, as in a successful test or mission, or negative, as in a mishap or failure. Successes are also considered sources of lessons learned. A lesson must be significant in that it has a real or assumed impact on operations; valid in that it is factually and technically correct; and applicable in that it identifies a specific design, process, or decision that reduces or eliminates the potential for failures and mishaps, or reinforces a positive result.” – NASA 1997
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Definition – Lesson Learned
• The specific instances of Lessons Learned (e.g., procedures, specific data parameters and their values, etc.) that are needed by NASA and industry, as well as their priority level with respect to one another.
• Formats– Documents– Videos– Graphics– Etc.
• Examples– Best practices– Ground operations procedures– Specific orbital vehicle mission phases of interest (e.g. ascent, reentry, etc.)– Specific orbital vehicle systems and subsystems of interest (e.g. avionics,
thermal protection system, etc.)
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Example of lessons learned
Human spaceflight is different:If you are going to design a spacecraft for long term use by the
crew you must provide a space for them to exercise.
Human space flight experience is critical:Key leaders must have personal experience in the unique opportunities and challenges of human spaceflight
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Exercise in space - Weight lifting
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Charge to the workshop
• To identify high priority lessons learned needs from NASA
• One facilitator from NASA and a co-facilitator volunteer from industry– Breakout rooms– Discuss lessons learned needs from each
representative– Identify themes or areas of high priority interest– Develop a chart that summarizes the discussionQuestion open for discussion
• Is industry willing to share their lessons learned?
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Commercial Space Vehicles Lessons Learned Workshop -- Agenda
September 18, 20067:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast8:15 a.m. Welcome and Charge to the Workshop Bette Siegel/NASA HQ8:45 a.m. Keynote Address Eric Sterner/ NASA HQ 9: 15 a.m. NASA Engineering Network Manson Yew/ JPL
Lessons Learned Repository9: 45 a.m. Process Based Mission Assurance Christopher Bunk / ARES 10:15 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. Technology Finder database Judy Trent/ LaRC11:00 a.m. NASA Implementation of a David Oberhettinger/JPL
Formal Lessons Learned Process 11:30 a.m. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Ken Hodgdon/NASA HQ12:00 p.m. Accelerating Positive Change Through Participation
and Engagement Seth Kahan12:30 p.m. LUNCH [Working--Break Out Rooms]2:45 p.m. Break3:00 p.m. SUMMARY [Reporting Out by Sub Groups]4:00 p.m. Wrap up Bette Siegel
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Amphitheatre