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First crewed flight: rationale, considerations and challenges from the constellation experience
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Williams, Jeffrey A. Arceneaux, William Noriega Sr., Carlos Rhatigan, Jennifer L. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | NASA's Constellation Program has made the most progress in a generation towards building an integrated human-rated spacecraft and launch vehicle. During that development, it became clear that NASA's human-rating requirements lacked the specificity necessary to defend a program plan, particularly human-rating test flight plans, from severe budget challenges. This paper addresses the progress Constellation achieved, problems encountered in clarifying and defending a human-rating certification plan, and discusses key considerations for those who find themselves in similar straits with future human-rated spacecraft and vehicles. We assert, and support with space flight data, that NASA's current human-rating requirements do not adequately address "unknown-unknowns", or the unexpected things the hardware can reveal to the designer during test. |
| File Size | 1808157 |
| Page Count | 30 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110016867 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6741rs75 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation And Safety Evaluation Flight Safety Launch Vehicles Constellation Program Project Planning Aerospace Safety Spacecraft Design Requirements Certification Manned Spacecraft Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
