DOD/NASA Support Operations Management Interface.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the manner in which support operations have been provided from DOD resources to the NASA for manned space flight endeavors. Of particular interest was the investigation of the new Space Shuttle program. The approach used was to examine the historical documents of manned space flight through the recently concluded Apollo Soyuz mission. This investigation developed the extremely successful way in which support operations have been managed by the DOD. Additional research was carried into the Space Shuttle documentation for an insight into how this same type support might be supplied for that mission. This study points out how a well defined, operationally tested management interface is being allowed to deteriorate and perhaps be discarded for a program that appears to need it desperately.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA027276

Entities

People

  • Thomas E. Timothy

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Flight
  • Operations Management
  • Program Management
  • Space Flight
  • Space Shuttles
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space