Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
25-4-1991 1:00 PM
End Date
25-4-1991 4:00 PM
Description
The COLUMBUS program continues and extends European capabilities in manned space flight which have been initiated with the Spacelab program.
Based on European experience in supporting Spacelab missions and the valuable contribution of industrial personnel for this support, the need for a continuing operations support by the companies involved in the design and development of the Free Flying Laboratory and the Attached Laboratory has been established.
The concentration of this support at industrial sites, rather than attaching it directly to the relevant control centers, has been chosen as the most effective approach, considering continuous utilization of equipment/tools and facilities established during design and development phase, and diversity of the support functions.
Based on different operations concepts for the Free Flying Laboratory and the Attached Laboratory (independent European control of the Free Flyers, NASA control of the Space Station) and potentially different support proceedings the supporting functions are made available in two centers, one 'for the Free Flying Laboratory and one for the Attached Laboratory.
Paper Session III-B - Columbus Free-Flyer Center -Tasks and Manpower Profile
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
The COLUMBUS program continues and extends European capabilities in manned space flight which have been initiated with the Spacelab program.
Based on European experience in supporting Spacelab missions and the valuable contribution of industrial personnel for this support, the need for a continuing operations support by the companies involved in the design and development of the Free Flying Laboratory and the Attached Laboratory has been established.
The concentration of this support at industrial sites, rather than attaching it directly to the relevant control centers, has been chosen as the most effective approach, considering continuous utilization of equipment/tools and facilities established during design and development phase, and diversity of the support functions.
Based on different operations concepts for the Free Flying Laboratory and the Attached Laboratory (independent European control of the Free Flyers, NASA control of the Space Station) and potentially different support proceedings the supporting functions are made available in two centers, one 'for the Free Flying Laboratory and one for the Attached Laboratory.
Comments
Space Station
Session Chairman: John Cox, Acting Deputy Director for Operations, Space Station Freedom Program and Operations Office, NASA, Space Station, Freedom Program, Reston, VA
Session Organizer: Ann Delo, NASA, Space Station Freedom Project, Reston, VA