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Johnson Space CenterCapabilities and Partnerships

Ellen Ochoa

Deputy Director, Johnson Space Center

September 2, 2010

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Collaboration Between NASA and GM

Similar challenges,

Different applications

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Main Site: Houston, TexasCivil Servants ~3300On/near site ~13,000

White Sands Test FacilityNew Mexico

Ellington Field Sonny Carter Training Facility

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International Space Station

• Complex systems engineering and integration

• Continuous crewed operations

• Remote hazardous environment

• Limited resupply with focus on sustainability

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Complex Systems Engineering and Integration

• Design trades

• Integration of elements, systems and software

• Probabilistic risk assessment

• Modeling, testing and analysis

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Continuous Crewed Operations

• Crew and ground team selection and training

• Planning and integration of complex functions and operations

• Realistic multinational simulations

• Failure response to protect crew and achieve objectives

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Remote, Hazardous Environment:Human System

• Telemedicine

• Exercise, nutrition, behavioral health

• Environmental monitoring

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Remote, Hazardous Environment:Systems and Equipment

• Vibration and acoustics

• Radiation protection

• Thermal regulation

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Limited Resupply

• Sustainable life support systems

• Logistics planning

• Reliability and maintainability engineering

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Exploration Technology

• Lightweight structures

• Surface mobility

• Human health and performance

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Doing Business with NASA

In addition to:

• Contracts

• Grants

• Technology licensing

NASA engages in agreements based

on 1958 Space Act language

• Reimbursable Space Act Agreements

• Non-reimbursable Space Act Agreements

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Technology LicensingPartially Reimbursable Space Act Agreement

• Bigelow Aerospace and NASA

• Develop technology of expandable space/surface structures

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• BioMat Sciences, Inc. and NASA

• Develop innovative treatments for dental emergencies

• Treatment by non-expert astronaut in space

• Potential commercial use that is less invasive and expensive

Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement

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Reimbursable Space Agreementsand Contracts

• Industry and NASA to use underwater facility

• High fidelity environment for underwater testing and training

• Examples:

• Autonomous underwater vehicle

• Emergency training for off-shore workers

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Reimbursable Space Act Agreements

• US Dept. of Transportation and White Sands Test Facility

• Hazard testing example:

• Test & failure analysis of pressurized composite structures

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NASA & JSC Publications

www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/centers/jsc/summit/index.html

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