Modeling and Simulation Technical Exchange Meeting

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Summary, Contact Edgar Zapata, NASA KSC SET,
321-867-6234
March 13, 2002
KSC Operations Research, Analysis and Cost
Estimation Operations Modeling and Simulation
Capabilities
Pre-Phase A Advanced Studies
Phase B Definition
Phase A Preliminary Analysis
Phase D Development
Phase C Design
Phase E Operations
Requirements Understanding/Filtering
Architectures Selection/Analysis Execution
Concept Collaboration, Assessment and Feedback to
Design
Process/Product Assessment and Refinement
Virtual Prototyping
Detailed, Focused Development
Operations
60-90 of life cycle cost locked in (but not
necessarily known!)
Breadth
Concept Z
Concept Y
Depth
Concept X
1AATe
8GemFLO
2VSP
133-D Modeling / Virtual Prototyping (Multiple)
3Shuttle Macro Level Sim
9SBIR PH12 Range Model
10Spaceport Safety Optimization Model
4STTR Ph1 abc Modeling
14TPSF - Tile Fab. Sim, Reduce. Time to Fab.
11ELV Model
5SBIR Ph 1 Discovery Machines
6SBIR Ph 1 TEAMS
12Payload Processing Model
7OPSTAT
15,16 Design Environments ModelCenter/ PI
AML/Technosoft
8-Arena VB Sim., Beta due out in April 2002, ?.
M. Steele/SET. 9-FY 01-02, with KBSI, COTR T.
Barth/SET. Concluding in Mid-2002. 10-FY 02
125K CDDF, 100K Code M D. Carstens/SET. 11-Loc
kheed Martin. More info reqd. 12-Gap. Requires
proposal champion and definition. 13-Graphic/Visua
lization, Multiple sources, SLI, ISE, M.
Conroy/SET. 14-Analyze orb. tile production
process to reduce fab. time, D.Tucker/USA. 15-Mode
lCenter, integrated AATe in FY 01. VSP to be done
in FY 02 w. SLI funds (approved). 16-AML,
Technosoft Integration with AATe to be done
FY02, AFRL funding.
1-Being integrated into AEE, SLI, ISAT rcving
FY02 IPAO/LaRC 70K E. Zapata/SET. 2-Release
2.0 Dec. 2001, 2M JSRA, output LV ops cycle
times, C. McCleskey/SET. Success story. Activity
closing out. 3-KSC with UCF, A Shuttle Arena
Simulation, ?K, G. Cates/PH M.
Steele/SET. 4-FY 02, 100K, Activity Based Cost
Model, COTR E. Zapata/SET. 1st doing TPS
sub-sys. 5-FY 02, ?K, Task-Method-Knowledge
(TMK) tool, COTR J. Mock/PH. Technical E.
Zapata. 6-FY 02, ?K, Toolkit for Enabling
Adapt.Mod. Sim., with KBSI, COTR
G.Rhodeside/SMO 7-Funding Approved by SLI/2nd
Gen, 150K. Solicitation development in work.
Turn-time generator/estimator. E. Zapata/SET.
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Summary, Contact Edgar Zapata, NASA KSC SET,
321-867-6234
March 13, 2002
KSC Operations Research, Analysis and Cost
Estimation Operations Modeling and Simulation
Capabilities
Planning Horizon When does the Investment Payoff
DATA GATHERINGSUB-SYSTEMS
DATA ANALYSIS AND GATHERINGTOP LEVEL
Viable Options
4STTR Ph1 abc Modeling
5SBIR Ph 1 Discovery Machines
6SBIR Ph 1 TEAMS
9SBIR PH12 Range Model
Emerging Business
7OPSTAT
10Spaceport Safety Optimization Model
8GemFLO
15,16 Design Environments ModelCenter/ PI
AML/Technosoft
3Shuttle Macro Level Sim
2VSP
11ELV Model
1AATe
14TPSF - Tile Fab. Sim, Reduce. Time to Fab.
Core Business
GAP 12Payload Processing Model
133-D Modeling / Virtual Prototyping (Multiple)
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5
3
10
Time (years)
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Summary, Contact Edgar Zapata, NASA KSC SET,
321-867-6234
March 13, 2002
KSC Operations Research, Analysis and Cost
Estimation Operations Modeling and Simulation
Capabilities

• Opportunities
• No good models for cost or cycle time estimation
  for a MID-LING LEVEL OF ARCHITECTURE DETAIL.
• Have good APU/Hydraulics data, SSME data and TPS
  data but NO GOOD MODELS for doing ops analysis
  quickly, in a repeatable way, at conceptual
  levels (very early in decision making and design
  cycle) for these future RLVs sub-systems.
• MOST SUB-SYTEMS lack any level of repeatable
  operations analysis capability to support RLV
  designs at any level of detail. Most lack well
  documented cost, cycle time, process, or
  knowledge.
• Tremendous gap in PAYLOADS area need a
  conceptual level model or repeatable analysis
  capability for future RLVs as well as documented,
  well sourced public data and knowledge-base.
• NO LONG TERM viable options being worked.
• Need to drag tremendous visualization analysis
  capabilities to the left in the design phase to
  be applicable to conceptual level analysis at
  reasonable (reduced) cost and scaling of such
  applications.
• DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS may be applied in KSC
  locally currently only in use supporting other
  centers.