A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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-YzKxamines organizational and procurement
issues surrounding NASA-DoD cooperation for
a specific case study--DoD use of NASA
standard spacecraft. Space shuttle operation,
as the U.S. standard launch vehicle
for both NASA and DoD payloads, refocuses
attention on NASA-DoD cooperation. Use of
standard spacecraft designs offers reduced
operational costs, but intensifies the difficulty
of determining agency needs and responsibilities
while retaining mission responsiveness.
A modified system-impact-assessment
approach compares total costs of
alternative procurement options and applies
both sensitivity and a fortiori analyses to
manage uncertainty. Principal conclusions
are: use of a new standard spacecraft design,
rather than any original NASA or DoD
designs, provides the basis for minimizing
the cost of the Air Force Test Program;
factors essential to NASA-DoD cooperation
are a common subset of missions, a common
organization responsibility, and an extensive
period of time to develop the organizational
mechanics; and the successful
NASA-DoD cooperation model is not easily
transferred to other situations. 207 pp.
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