Reliability-centered maintenance on the Space Shuttle Program

Author

Hauge, Bonnie S. ; Stevens, Alfied M. ; Loomis, Robert J., Jr. ; Ghose, Amitava

Author_Institution

United Space Alliance, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

316

Abstract

In the USA, there is a corporate commitment to rationally and optimally apply reliability-centered maintenance to all aspects of maintenance on flight hardware, facilities and ground support equipment for the Space Shuttle Program. Towards this end, an RCM functional policy has been developed, and implementation plans, expertise development and consolidation, wide-ranging training of personnel and various RCM pilot demonstration projects are underway. A robust foundation and infrastructure for adopting, applying and continuously improving RCM in all its maintenance activities is being built. This bold, proactive approach to adopting the most progressive maintenance strategies available today is consistent with USA´s overall goal to lead the way in safe and economical space exploration

Keywords

maintenance engineering; reliability; space vehicles; RCM functional policy; Space Shuttle Program; flight facilities; flight hardware; ground support equipment; progressive maintenance strategies; reliability-centered maintenance; space exploration; the; Companies; Costs; Delay effects; Ground support; Hardware; Maintenance; Risk management; Space shuttles; Space stations; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. Annual

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

ISSN

0149-144X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5848-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAMS.2000.816327

Filename

816327