Management of DOD Space Payload Integration in the Space Shuttle Era.

Abstract

This report reviews the current management of DOD launch vehicle/spacecraft integration and then shows how the characteristics of the Space Shuttle will require changes to this baseline. The study has been based on a review of NASA and DOD literature, interviews with knowledgeable USAF officials and the author's experience in expendable launch vehicle planning and in Shuttle payload integration development. The results of the investigation provided supporting rationale for establishing a centralized DOD payload/Space Shuttle integration management structure. An important question was whether centralized management would motivate more economical utilization of the Shuttle. In comparison to management decentralized to satellite System Program Offices of Industrial Fund Techniques, it was concluded that centralization would be more effective and efficient. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026384

Entities

People

  • Henry W. Steinkamp Jr

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Expendable
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Literature
  • Payload
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • System Software
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space