May 8, 2008

Orion PDR Slip

Editor's note: According to ESMD PAO: "NASA is internally assessing moving Orion's preliminary design review to November. The Orion Project has been doing systems review and key architecture trades based on November's point of departure architecture. NASA believes it may be of value to give the team additional time to mature the products and complete the systems integration in advance of Orion's preliminary design review."

NASA to Update Media About Constellation Program Progress

"NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of progress made in the last few months and work ahead for NASA's Constellation Program."


NASA Internal Memo: Orion DAC2 Architecture Closure Plan Rev E, 2/19/08

"Since a number of significant system-level trades and studies are still open, the project requires an intensive effort over the coming weeks to close these issues in order to proceed with the preliminary design tasks required for PDR."

Posted by kcowing at May 8, 2008 8:25 PM
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"NASA believes it may be of value to give the team additional time to mature the products and complete the systems integration in advance of Orion's preliminary design review." .........

Wow, wonder why the Program/Project Managers for Constellation/Orion decided to wait until the 'systems integration' was more mature prior to advancing to Preliminary Design Review?

Sorry for the sarcasm but I worked for 7 years as a contractor systems engineer/deputy project manager in the Shuttle Upgrades Program and was always astonished by the lack of regard for the PDR gate requirements by NASA management.

Posted by: Bill Cline at May 9, 2008 6:19 PM
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