Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
At the time that NASA decided to redesign the Space Station and identified Boeing as the Prime Integration Contractor, a new approach oriented toward operations and science utilization was introduced into the process of defining and documenting the design of what would become the International Space Station Alpha (ISS A). This paper provides a brief history of studies that contributed to the evolution of the operation and utilization concept of the Space Station Freedom Program to the current ISSA concept. Emphasis is placed on the importance of defining and documenting a concise concept of operation for the ISSA prior to the design phase. This paper focuses on the use of that documented Concept of Operation and Utilization as the most significant driver for ISSA design specifications. An example is presented of a payload-related need documented in the Concept of Operation and Utilization and subsequently developed into a program detailed design. A brief view of future challenges concludes the operations and utilization perspective of ISSA.
Paper Session II-A - ISSA Concept of Operation and Utilization
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
At the time that NASA decided to redesign the Space Station and identified Boeing as the Prime Integration Contractor, a new approach oriented toward operations and science utilization was introduced into the process of defining and documenting the design of what would become the International Space Station Alpha (ISS A). This paper provides a brief history of studies that contributed to the evolution of the operation and utilization concept of the Space Station Freedom Program to the current ISSA concept. Emphasis is placed on the importance of defining and documenting a concise concept of operation for the ISSA prior to the design phase. This paper focuses on the use of that documented Concept of Operation and Utilization as the most significant driver for ISSA design specifications. An example is presented of a payload-related need documented in the Concept of Operation and Utilization and subsequently developed into a program detailed design. A brief view of future challenges concludes the operations and utilization perspective of ISSA.
Comments
The Evolution of ISSA
Session Chairman: William Bates, Chief of Staff for Space Station Program Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center
Session Organizer: Terri Cardone