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Jeffrey Hoffman.
Quinn, Shawn M
System Design and Management Program.
System Design and Management Program.
2009-03-16T19:31:01Z
2009-03-16T19:31:01Z
2008
2008
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44697
297374114
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-125).
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.
by Shawn M. Quinn.
S.M.
125 leaves
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