Location
Cocoa Beach, FL
Start Date
7-3-1966 8:00 AM
Description
Current space vehicles and missions are characterized by almost complete dependence upon ground support equipment and facilities for determination of vehicle status. For the manned missions of the post Apollo era, this dependence will degrade the probability of mission success. Achievement of autonomous space vehicles is necessary for the successful accomplishment of advanced manned missions.
The development of an on-board test and checkout concept and the design, fabrication and test of a major hardware element of the concept is described.
The integration of functions into an overall data management system for future vehicles, with the flight crew assuming the role of ultimate decision maker for resolution of nonnominal occurences is a logical and obvious extrapolation of-current technological developments, and will yield the autonomy required for tomorrows manned missions.
Test and Checkout Concept for Space Transportation Systems
Cocoa Beach, FL
Current space vehicles and missions are characterized by almost complete dependence upon ground support equipment and facilities for determination of vehicle status. For the manned missions of the post Apollo era, this dependence will degrade the probability of mission success. Achievement of autonomous space vehicles is necessary for the successful accomplishment of advanced manned missions.
The development of an on-board test and checkout concept and the design, fabrication and test of a major hardware element of the concept is described.
The integration of functions into an overall data management system for future vehicles, with the flight crew assuming the role of ultimate decision maker for resolution of nonnominal occurences is a logical and obvious extrapolation of-current technological developments, and will yield the autonomy required for tomorrows manned missions.
