Revell 04736 Space Shuttle Discovery & Booster Rockets 1:144 Scale Unbuilt/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit, Multi-color, 59.5 x 36.4 x 6.5 centimetres

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Nasa SLS Space Launch System Model - The Largest and Most Detailed on the Market, at an Unbeatable Price! About 1700 design changes were made in the components and subsystems of the space shuttle between the Challenger accident of January 1986 and the launch of the next shuttle, Discovery, in September 1988. Some areas of the shuttle, however, still present significant risk. (Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration) It’s not that simple,” Buchbinder said. “A probabilistic way of thinking is not something that most people are attuned to. We don’t know what will happen precisely each time. We can only say what is likely to happen a certain percentage of the time.” Unless engineers and managers become familiar with probability theory, they don ’t know what to make of “large uncertainties that represent the state of current knowledge,” he said. “And that is no comfort to the poor decision-maker who wants a simple answer to the question, ‘Is this system safe enough? ’” Two designs emerged as front-runners. One was designed by engineers at the Manned Spaceflight Center, and championed especially by George Mueller. This was a two-stage system with delta-winged spacecraft, and generally complex. An attempt to re-simplify was made in the form of the DC-3, designed by Maxime Faget, who had designed the Mercury capsule among other vehicles. Numerous offerings from a variety of commercial companies were also offered but generally fell by the wayside as each NASA lab pushed for its own version.

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To keep with the layered effect, I made the wing 3 separate parts indicated by the drawing. I arrived at my design by looking at top views of the space shuttle and doing some research as to what kind of wing the shuttle had. I came to the conclusion that it had sort of a delta shape with a combination of a trapezoid. There is no real way to do the wing as long as it is in the general shape of the shuttle. I also realized that the flat part of the wing that is furthest from the body is a bit too long but it's fine. International Space Station ISS Enamel Pin Lapel Brooch - NASA Space Scientist / Astronaut Aerospace Gift As another incentive for the military to use the shuttle, Congress reportedly told DoD that it would not pay for any satellites not designed to fit into the shuttle cargo bay. [6] Although NRO did not redesign existing satellites for the shuttle, the vehicle retained the ability to retrieve large cargos such as the KH-9 HEXAGON from orbit for refurbishment, and the agency studied resupplying the satellite in space. [7] Grey estimated that spares of the crucial modules might add another 10 percent to the space station’s cost. “But NASA is not willing to go to bat for that extra because they ’re unwilling to take the political risk,” he said— a replay, he fears, of NASA’s response to the political negativism over the shuttle in the 1970s. After that, print out a few of the diagrams to reference. I also prefer having a physical model on hand to refer to so I broke out an old paper model from the local science museum. Additionally, it is nice to have a color picture on hand.The NRC committee had several criticisms. In practice, the FMEA was the sole basis for some engineering change decisions and all engineering waivers and rationales for re taining certain high-risk design features. However, the NRC report noted, hazard analyses for some important, high-risk subsystems “were not updated for years at a time even though design changes had occurred or dangerous failures were experienced.” On one procedural flow chart, the report noted, “the ‘Hazard Analysis As Required ’ is a dead-end box with inputs but no output with respect to waiver approval decisions.” Items that did not meet certain design, reliability and safety requirements specified by NASA’s top management and whose failure could threaten the toss of crew, vehicle, or mis­sion, made up a critical i tems list (CIL). Risk assessments conducted during design and operation: preliminary hazards analysis; failure modes and effects analysis with critical items list; various safety assessments, all qualitative at the system level, but with quantitative analyses conducted for specific subsystems. Space Shuttle Canvas Outer Space Spacecraft Flies Into Space Decor Spaceship Earth canvas print Kids room Wall decor Space Art Space Shuttle Lytle, P. J. (August 15, 1981). "Current Status of the HAL/S Compiler on the Modcomp Classic 7870 Computer". In Renzetti, N. A. (ed.). The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-64 (PDF) (Technical report). JPL, NASA. p.232. hdl: 2060/19810022557. NASA-CR-164695. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2023 . Retrieved August 1, 2023.

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Statistics don’t count for anything,” declared Will Willoughby, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s former head of reliability and safety during the Apollo moon landing program. “They have no place in engineering anywhere.” Now director of reliability management and quality assurance for the U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C., he still holds that risk is minimized not by statistical test programs, but by “attention taken in design, where it belongs.” His design-­oriented view prevailed in NASA in the 1970s, when the space shuttle was designed and built by many of the engineers who had worked on the Apollo program. See also: Criticism of the Space Shuttle program and Space Shuttle retirement Early concept of how the Space Shuttle was to be serviced All of this was taking place in the midst of other NASA teams proposing a wide variety of post-Apollo missions, a number of which would cost as much as Apollo or more [ citation needed]. As each of these projects fought for funding, the NASA budget was at the same time being severely constrained. Three were eventually presented to Vice President Agnew in 1969. The shuttle project rose to the top, largely due to tireless campaigning by its supporters [ citation needed]. By 1970 the shuttle had been selected as the one major project for the short-term post-Apollo time frame.

Lessons learned: in design, to use probabilistic risk assessment more in evaluating and assigning priorities to risks; in operation, to establish certain launch commit criteria that cannot be waived by anyone. Despite the potential benefits for the Air Force, the military was satisfied with its expendable boosters and did not need or want the shuttle as much as NASA did. Because the space agency needed outside support, the Defense Department (DoD) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) gained primary control over the design process. For example, NASA planned a 40-by-12-foot (12.2 by 3.7m) cargo bay, but NRO specified a 60-by-15-foot (18.3 by 4.6m) bay because it expected future intelligence satellites to become larger. When Faget again proposed a 12ft (3.7m) wide payload bay, the military almost immediately insisted on retaining the 15ft (4.6m) width. The Air Force also gained the equivalent of the use of one of the shuttles for free despite not paying for the shuttle's development or construction. In exchange for the NASA concessions, the Air Force testified to the Senate Space Committee on the shuttle's behalf in March 1971. [4] :216,232–234 [5] Statistically an airliner is the least risky form of transportation, which implies high reliability. And in the early 1970s, when President Richard M. Nixon, Congress, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) were all skeptical of the shuttle, proving high reliability was crucial to the program’s continued funding. In lieu of using probability numbers, the NSTS [National Space Transportation System] relies on engineering judgment using rigid and well-documented design, configuration, safety, reliability, and quality assurance controls,” the Johnson authors continued. This outlook determined the data NASA managers required engineers to collect. For example, no “lapsed-time indicators” were kept on shuttle components, subsystems, and systems, although “a fairly accurate estimate of time and/or cycles could be derived,” the Johnson authors added. In 1969, United States Vice President Spiro Agnew chaired the National Aeronautics and Space Council, which discussed post- Apollo options for human space activities. [1] The recommendations of the Council would heavily influence the decisions of the administration. The Council considered four major options:

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Take the branch and saw off a part from the right tip to the intersection (in the case of my branch). Grumman Aerospace Corporation; The Boeing Company (March 15, 1972). Space Shuttle System Program Definition - Phase B Extension - Final Report (PDF) (Technical report). NASA. hdl: 2060/19740022195. NASA-CR-134338. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2023. As an example of how the “mindset” in the agency is now changing in favor of “a willingness to explore other things,” Buchbinder cited the new risk management program, the workshops it has been holding to train engineers and others in quantitative risk assessment techniques, and a new management instruction policy that requires NASA to “provide disciplined and documented management of risks throughout program life cycles.”Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Start by taking the log and sawing off a small sliver about 2.5 cm wide. This will be your base piece. One reason was economic. According to George Rodney, NASA’s associate administrator of safety, reliability, maintain­ability and quality assurance, it is not hard to get time and cycle data, “but it’s expensive and a big bookkeeping problem.” STARSHIP - SUPER HEAVY | SpaceX Starship Booster and Orbital Launch Mount | SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy | Plastic Display Model The real value of probabilistic risk analysis is in understanding the system and its vulnerabilities,” said Benjamin Buchbinder, manager of NASA’s two-year-old risk management program. He maintains that probabilistic risk analysis can go beyond design-oriented qualitative techniques in looking at the interactions of subsystems, ascertaining the effects of human activity and environmental conditions, and detecting common-cause failures.