Start Date

4-1979 8:00 AM

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This is a status report on the facilities and planned operations at the Kennedy Space Center that will support Space Shuttle launches, the first of which is now scheduled for late 1979. The facilities are essentially complete, with all new construction and modifications to existing buildings almost finished. Some activity is still in progress at Pad A and on the Mobile Launcher, due to changes in requirements, but is not expected to impact the launch schedule. The installation and testing of the ground checkout equipment that will be used to test the fIight hardware is now in work. The Launch Processing System is currently supporting the development of the applications software that will perform the testing of this fIight hardware.

The Shuttle Program is "unique to past manned space programs in that very tight budgetary constraints have been imposed in an effort to keep the costs low. For KSC, this means adopting a philosophy of launch-to-cost. In an era of routine space flight, this presents a very real challenge to management; the necessity of controlling costs while maintaining tight schedules. An overview of how this management challenge is to be met will be presented.

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KSC Facilities Status and Planned Management Operations

This is a status report on the facilities and planned operations at the Kennedy Space Center that will support Space Shuttle launches, the first of which is now scheduled for late 1979. The facilities are essentially complete, with all new construction and modifications to existing buildings almost finished. Some activity is still in progress at Pad A and on the Mobile Launcher, due to changes in requirements, but is not expected to impact the launch schedule. The installation and testing of the ground checkout equipment that will be used to test the fIight hardware is now in work. The Launch Processing System is currently supporting the development of the applications software that will perform the testing of this fIight hardware.

The Shuttle Program is "unique to past manned space programs in that very tight budgetary constraints have been imposed in an effort to keep the costs low. For KSC, this means adopting a philosophy of launch-to-cost. In an era of routine space flight, this presents a very real challenge to management; the necessity of controlling costs while maintaining tight schedules. An overview of how this management challenge is to be met will be presented.

 

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