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The MSFC Collaborative Engineering Process for Preliminary Design and Concept Definition StudiesThis paper describes a collaborative engineering process developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center's Advanced Concepts Office for performing rapid preliminary design and mission concept definition studies for potential future NASA missions. The process has been developed and demonstrated for a broad range of mission studies including human space exploration missions, space transportation system studies and in-space science missions. The paper will describe the design team structure and specialized analytical tools that have been developed to enable a unique rapid design process. The collaborative engineering process consists of integrated analysis approach for mission definition, vehicle definition and system engineering. The relevance of the collaborative process elements to the standard NASA NPR 7120.1 system engineering process will be demonstrated. The study definition process flow for each study discipline will be will be outlined beginning with the study planning process, followed by definition of ground rules and assumptions, definition of study trades, mission analysis and subsystem analyses leading to a standardized set of mission concept study products. The flexibility of the collaborative engineering design process to accommodate a wide range of study objectives from technology definition and requirements definition to preliminary design studies will be addressed. The paper will also describe the applicability of the collaborative engineering process to include an integrated systems analysis approach for evaluating the functional requirements of evolving system technologies and capabilities needed to meet the needs of future NASA programs.
Document ID
20120001572
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mulqueen, Jack (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Jones, David (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hopkins, Randy (Science Applications International Corp. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
September 26, 2011
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Report/Patent Number
M11-1049
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Space 2011 Conference
Location: Long Beach, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: September 26, 2011
End Date: September 30, 2011
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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