Presentation by Danny Davis (Ares I Upper Stage Manager, NASA) at the Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, 21 October 2008.
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Choreo: Empowering the Future of Enterprise Software Engineering
Ares I Upper Stage Update
1. Danny Davis Ares I Upper Stage Manager October 21, 2008 Ares I Upper Stage Update National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2. Upper Stage (US) Propellant Load: 138 mT (304K lbm) Total Mass: 156 mT (344K lbm) Dry Mass: 16.3 mT (36K lbm) Dry Mass (Interstage): 4.1 mT (9K lbm) Length: 25.6 m (84 ft) Diameter: 5.5 m (18 ft) LOX Tank Pressure: 50 psig LH 2 Tank Pressure: 42 psig AI-Li Orthogrid Tank Structure Feed Systems Common Bulkhead LOX Tank LH 2 Tank Instrument Unit (Modern Electronics) Composite Interstage Thrust Vector Control Helium Pressurization Bottles Roll Control System Ullage Settling Motors DAC 2 TR 6 NASA Design Team
7. Manufacturing and Process Development Upper_Stage National Aeronautics and Space Administration Common Test Cell Common Bulkhead LH2 Tank LOX Tank Vertical Tank Assembly Final Assembly & Integration Critical Path Boeing, Working with NASA, Reduced Assembly Flow Over 100 days Boeing selected as Production Contractor Manufacturing Value Stream Mapping Producability Summits Virtual Design Reviews Support Component Specification development Tooling Design for MAF Support for MSFC Manufacturing VSM Metrics NASA Baseline 420 days Merged VSM 320 days With learning <300 days
16. UpperStage National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov/ares
Editor's Notes
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