Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

Start Date

30-4-1998 1:00 PM

Description

The Portable Data Collection (PDC) Procedure System is currently being developed to allow Work Authorization Documents (WADs) to be run electronically at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). WADs are used throughout KSC to perform various tests, maintenance, and integration tasks, including processing of Space Shuttle Main Engine hardware and Space Shuttle Payloads. The PDC system is targeted for use in the Space Shuttle Main Engine Shop, and for Space Station Resupply and Return ground processing, in 1998.
With the PDC system, the work procedure is converted from a word processor document to a database. It is then executed using standard work stations and portable computers. All data is entered electronically and stored in the database. This includes quality stamps, signatures, notes, and task data. The system immediately distributes entered data to all other terminals viewing the same document. The current ink stamp is replaced with an electronic stamp.

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Spinoffs From Space

Session Chairman: Dr. Robert Norwood, Office of Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters

Session Organizer: Chris Cook

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Apr 30th, 1:00 PM

Paper Session III-A - Design of a Portable Data Collection Procedure System for Processing Space Shuttle Payloads and Main Engines at the Kennedy Space Center

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

The Portable Data Collection (PDC) Procedure System is currently being developed to allow Work Authorization Documents (WADs) to be run electronically at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). WADs are used throughout KSC to perform various tests, maintenance, and integration tasks, including processing of Space Shuttle Main Engine hardware and Space Shuttle Payloads. The PDC system is targeted for use in the Space Shuttle Main Engine Shop, and for Space Station Resupply and Return ground processing, in 1998.
With the PDC system, the work procedure is converted from a word processor document to a database. It is then executed using standard work stations and portable computers. All data is entered electronically and stored in the database. This includes quality stamps, signatures, notes, and task data. The system immediately distributes entered data to all other terminals viewing the same document. The current ink stamp is replaced with an electronic stamp.

 

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