Avionics-enabled operations improvements study

摘要

The results of the Avionics Enabled Operations Improvements Study are described. The Infrastructure Study contract is being worked by General Dynamics and was awarded by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The period of performance was 4 Mar. 1991 to 30 Aug. 1991. The goal of the study was to show that avionics technology can support improvements in system operations across the space exploration infrastructure. Since this is an extremely broad field, a selected set of operations were characterized in terms of avionics impacts. Each characterization selected specific avionics technologies as examples of potential enablers of improvements. The result is a relatively detailed discussion of how a subset of avionics technologies can be applied across a representative set of operations and vehicles.