摘要: |
RTI was previously tasked with investigating Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities and approaches that are practiced today by the traditional aviation domain and the Space Shuttle as they apply to Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) O&M. In addition, RTI was to take into account the currently envisioned Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) concepts, and where possible, include a review of O&M activities already being used by the early commercial RLV developers. In September of 2002, under DO2, RTI delivered a report1 detailing the results of this investigation. That report suggested areas where O&M rules and guidelines were needed immediately to ensure public safety, and the approach that might be taken for creating such rules and guidelines. This Supplemental Report captures the results of the follow-on research activity specifically targeted at producing O&M guideline inputs for RLVs. This report also provides additional information in topic areas covered by the original report; the results of a validation activity associated with the Functions and Procedural Items introduced in the first report; serves as a repository for data collection in preparation for a functional analysis; and, finally, discusses the synthesis of this same data into a form usable by the FAA to generate RLV O&M Guidelines. |