NASA S&MA at the Crossroads; The Role of NASA Quality Insight/Oversight for CLVs

[rdale]

This is a good one...

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     The presentation slides examine: The Journey, Current Safety and Mission Assurance (S and MA) Oversight/Insight, The Change, The Issue, Potential NASA relationship with Commercial Partners, and Commercial "X" FRR - Are you Go.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20100017704_2010017724.pdf

[Antares]

It's really too bad the author couldn't be bothered to leave Madison County.  NASA already makes tough calls to put priceless payloads on commercial rockets - or to reject parts and make the commercial rocket contractor fix them.

Just because it wasn't invented at MSFC doesn't mean it's not already in existence.

Marshall, when you decide to leave the early 1980s and sincerely learn the true capabilities and processes of launch vehicles that aren't driven by SSMEs and RSRMs... call me.

[SpacexULA]

Did Marshall just put STS at the bottom of the Arc of Acceptability?

Redstone has a higher "Proven Reliability"?

Can someone explain this chart to me?

Great find rdale, I am now very confused

[DigitalMan]

Also, the labels on Soyuz are switched.  I would suggest that if the astronauts rode in the launcher LOC would be higher than in the capsule.

:-D

Did Marshall just put STS at the bottom of the Arc of Acceptability?

Redstone has a higher "Proven Reliability"?

Can someone explain this chart to me?

Great find rdale, I am now very confused

[SidSW]

Did Marshall just put STS at the bottom of the Arc of Acceptability?

Redstone has a higher "Proven Reliability"?

Can someone explain this chart to me?

Great find rdale, I am now very confused

From http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670028606_1967028606.pdf page 2-2.
"It is interesting to note that by the time of the first manned launch (MR-3), the total reliability of all 69 previous REDSTONE flights was 81 percent; however, the Block II model had achieved 11 consecutive successes and the JUPITER-C had achieved seven consecutive successes."
MR-3 was Shepard's mission.

The shuttle on the other hand was 0 for 0 when NASA astronauts first flew in it.

Redstone, in other words, seemed to be past its growing pains and the shuttle was an unknown.