Start Date
4-1971 8:00 AM
Description
The Shuttle Program presently under development is one which challenges our ingenuity. In its infancy we see that old and tried test techniques and approaches may no longer "be valid and that in order to meet program goals of minimum cost and high reliability, new test and operation plans and methods must be conceived. This paper presents an over view of the Space Shuttle Test and Operations Program. I will briefly touch on today's test/ operations requirements, the concept under which they have been developed and their implementation. Several of the concepts presented are a direct result of our Phase B Shuttle Study and are presently under program consideration.
The Space Shuttle Program embodies design, production, test, operations and support attributes and/ or problems of both the aircraft and the missile. The operational concept is particularly unique in that a small number of recoverable flight vehicles operating in both the vertical and horizontal flight modes will be deployed to or from one primary operation site. For these and other reasons, the Shuttle Program presents unusual opportunities for development and implementation of an efficient and cost effective ground and flight test approach based on sound test and operational criteria.
Shuttle Test and Operations Approach
The Shuttle Program presently under development is one which challenges our ingenuity. In its infancy we see that old and tried test techniques and approaches may no longer "be valid and that in order to meet program goals of minimum cost and high reliability, new test and operation plans and methods must be conceived. This paper presents an over view of the Space Shuttle Test and Operations Program. I will briefly touch on today's test/ operations requirements, the concept under which they have been developed and their implementation. Several of the concepts presented are a direct result of our Phase B Shuttle Study and are presently under program consideration.
The Space Shuttle Program embodies design, production, test, operations and support attributes and/ or problems of both the aircraft and the missile. The operational concept is particularly unique in that a small number of recoverable flight vehicles operating in both the vertical and horizontal flight modes will be deployed to or from one primary operation site. For these and other reasons, the Shuttle Program presents unusual opportunities for development and implementation of an efficient and cost effective ground and flight test approach based on sound test and operational criteria.
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