Commonality of ground systems in launch operations
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Author(s)
Quinn, Shawn M
Advisor(s)
Jeffrey Hoffman.
Date Issued
2008
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
NASA is examining the utility of requiring a certain degree of commonality in both flight and ground systems in the Constellation Program. While the benefits of commonality seem obvious in terms of minimizing upfront development and long-term operations and maintenance costs, success in real, large-scale engineering systems used to support launch operations is relatively unknown. A broad literature review conducted for this paper did not yield a single paper specifically addressing the application of commonality for ground systems at any launch site in the United States or abroad. This paper provides a broad overview of the ground systems, captures historical and current application of commonality at the launch site, and offers suggestions for additional research to further develop commonality approaches.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-125).
Subjects
System Design and Management Program.
MIT Department
System Design and Management Program.
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