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Ground System Development andOperations Program(Orion & SLS)National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration ( NASA )


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Contents• Introduction

• GSDO Management Process• Division of Teams• GSDO Design Review• First Flight Test

• Risk Management• Im rovements in !fforda"ilit#$ Relia"ilit# and Performance• !udits % &udgeting• 'hallenges Faced• 'onclusion


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IntroductionGSDO:• The Ground S#stems Develo ment and O erations Program

(GSDO) is one of three *!S! rograms "ased at the agenc#+s,enned# S ace 'enter in Florida- The rogram was esta"lishedto develop and use the com le. e/ui ment re/uired to safelyhandle rockets and spacecraft during assem"l#$ trans ort andlaunch-

ission:• The rogram+s mission is to re are the center to rocess and

launch the ne.t generation of rockets and s acecraft in su ortof *!S!+s e. loration o"0ectives "# develo ing the necessar#ground s#stems$ infrastructure and o erational a roaches-

!ey "spect:• ! ke# as ect of the rogram+s a roach to long#term

sustaina$ility and afforda$ility is to make rocessing andlaunch infrastructure availa"le to commercial and othergovernment customers$ there"# distri"uting the cost amongmulti le users and reducing the cost of access to s ace for

*!S!-


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Introduction(Cont.) Orion & SLS

• The Orion Multi1Pur ose 'rew 2ehicle$ which will carr# theastronauts who will "e launched into s ace on the spacelaunch system (SLS)% will "e rocessed in ,enned#+srefur"ished Operations and heckout (O& ) $uilding - Thestate of Florida reviousl# rovided ' million forrenovation of the O%' high "a#$ and the facilit# is full#o erational and certified for its transition to Orion finalassem"l# and checkout-


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GSDO anagement Process

Division of *eams• The Ground S#stems Develo ment and O erations Program s eciali3e in three

areas and works in teams on each s ecialt#-+, *he -ehicle .ntegration and Launch *eam:

The 2ehicle Integration and 4aunch team focuses on the/0uipment % management and operations re/uired to safel# connect as acecraft with a rocket$ move the launch vehicle to the launch ad and

successfull# send it into s ace- The work entails use of man# of the facilitiesuni/ue to ,enned# S ace 'enter$ such as

561stor# 2ehicle !ssem"l# &uildingDual launch ads 78! and &71milelong runwa# at the Shuttle 4anding Facilit#-


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1, *he Offline Processing and .ntegration *eam:• The Offline Processing and Integration team will develo wa#s

to handle the Orion s acecraft$ rocket stages and launch a"orts#stem "efore the# are all assem$led into one vehicle - The workwill take lace in several facilities in ,enned#+s industrial area$including the O%' &uilding-

• The "uildings were "uilt s ecificall# for the demanding

rocessing work involved with re aring s acecraft for flight-Such re arations can includeSoftware loading$final assem"l# and 4oading of chemicals and ro ellants$

de ending on the s acecraft-


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, ommand ontrol ommunications and 2ange Systems*eam:

!nother team is moderni3ing the 'ommand 'ontrol 'ommunicationsand Range s#stems involved in launching astronauts into s ace- Inaddition to "ringing computers% tracking systems and othernet3orks up to date $ the team is creating s#stems that can handle

several different kinds of s acecraft and rockets- The com uters$antennas and software are e. ected to reduce the need for a largelaunch team-


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GSDO Design 2evie3S ecificall#$ the GSDO critical design review willlook at the• 2ehicle !ssem"l# &uilding$• 4aunch 'ontrol 'enter$• Mo"ile launcher$• 'rawler1trans orter$• 4aunch Pad 78& and• Multi Pa#load ProcessingFacilit#-


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4irst 5ork Platforms Po3ered On and *ested in -ehicle"ssem$ly 6uilding for Space Launch System

• *!S! ,enned# S ace 'enter in Florida is one ower ste closer to rocessing the agenc#+s S ace 4aunch S#stem (S4S)$ the most owerful rocket in the world$ for its first flight$ /7ploration ission+ (9M1:)$ and *!S!+s 8ourney to ars - During a reliminar# test"pril 19 $ the t3o #level work latforms installed on the north andsouth sides of -ehicle "ssem$ly 6uilding ;igh 6ay $ where theS4S will "e re ared for launch$ were successfull# activated to testtheir functionalit# and simulate how the# will surround the massiverocket on the mo"ile launcher-


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(Orion Test 'am aign) Reducing Risk while Maturing Design

2isk anagement

*est +" Data 4lo3 *estSafety & *raining

5ater Drop *estPad "$ort+Parachute *ests


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.mprovements in "fforda$ility% 2elia$ility andPerformance


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"udits and 6udgetinghallenges 4aced During "udits• For the most art$ these challenges originate frominterde endencies "etween the GSDO$ S4S$ and OrionPrograms$ the re ort reads$ referring to the Ground S#stemsDevelo ment and O erations rogram- In short$ GSDO cannotfinali3e and com lete its re/uirements without su"stantial in utfrom the other two Programs$ and *!S! is still finali3ing there/uirements for those Programs-

•The audit recommended *!S! re1evaluate the timing of theGSDO critical design review- The s ace agenc# agreed to movethe review to Decem"er 6;:5-Suggestion for 2esolvance•If *!S! sets Orion cost estimates through 9M16 at


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6udgeting


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For the fifth fiscal #ear in a row$ the =hite >ouse ro oses to cut "oth the Orion andthe S ace 4aunch S#stem rograms "# large amounts- The Orion rogram would "ecut "# ?-6 ercent and S ace 4aunch S#stem "# over 6; ercent fromlevels a ro riated in F@6;:5- !s with ast efforts "# the =hite >ouse and OM& to

cut Orion and the S ace 4aunch S#stem$ it is unlikel# that these ro osed "udgetcuts will survive-


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;uman Space /7ploration Programs 4ace hallenges• . n Aul# 6;:B$ Government Accountability Ofce ( G!O) foundthat *!S! had not matched resources to re/uirements for the S4S

rogram and was ursuing an aggressive develo ment schedule-• During arachute testing$ *!S! discovered that when onl# two of the

three main arachutes are de lo#ed$ the# "egin to swing ast each othercreating a C endulum effect- This effect could cause the ca sule toincrease s eed and to hit the water at an angle that ma# damage the

ca sule$ there"# endangering the crew-Suggestion for Solving this .ssue• In addition$ data from the test is necessar# to inform *!S!Es design

solution to address heat shield cracking issues$ which *!S! has "eenworking to resolve since !ugust 6;:7- The heat shield is integral to crew

safet# during re1entr# .


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