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I_.,TIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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483-5111 MSC 70-55
May 21_ 1970
MANNEDSPACECRAFT
HOUSTON, TEXAS--Fifteen aerospace firms have been invited by
the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center to submit proposals for an engineering
study of checkout techniques onboard a space station and space base
facility.
The proposal calls for many of the functions that formerly
were performed at Mission Control to be conducted in the station/base
including operations_ maintenance and repair_ systems status and the
process and control of scientific data.
"These functions should be automated to the maxim_rl extent .
in order to minimize crew participations" according to the work statement
which accompanied the request to industry. "The crew and the investigators
need the maximum man-hours available to devote to scientific
and research endeavors," the statement concludes.
As presently planned, the checkout system calls for seven basic
units of electronic hardware as part of the station/base facility.
These are a general purpose digital computer_ a control and display
unit, data interchange unit, a generator_ two switching units_ and a
measurement
device.
MSC has allocated approximately $280,000 for use in the study.
The proposal calls for a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, and it is to
be completed nine months after contract award.
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