Download or read book Technical Direction and Evaluation of Cost Analysis for Space System Studies written by Joseph A. Neiss and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and cost effectiveness analyses of proposed system concepts have become vital requirements in virtually all U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division studies. Since development of a space system is extremely costly, lead time is lengthy, and budget limitations are severe, there is a clear need to forecast the total systems cost and effectiveness of a proposed new system as early in the planning cycle as possible. This report presents highlights of the significant aspects of technical direction efforts in systems cost and cost effectiveness analyses. Major objectives of this effort are to ensure that the industry contractor: (a) Performs a total system cost analysis of sufficient depth and validity to permit analysis and evaluation; (b) Identifies those operational design and hardware concepts which will provide the greatest savings in total systems cost; (c) Properly validates those significant concepts and cost relationships which will lead to the selection of an optimum configuration. Recommendations on the approach and techniques to fulfill these objectives are provided. The uses and limitations of industry cost models, cost estimating relationships, and other estimating methods are discussed. Common pit-falls in system cost analysis are illustrated to indicate the guidance necessary.
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Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Download or read book Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems written by Obaid Younossi and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have the costs of acquiring space systems been so high? What are the sources of the problems? To answer these questions, RAND researchers examined the sources of cost growth of Air Force space systems and undertook an extensive study of two space systems--the Space Based Infrared System-High (SBIRS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS)--including an evaluation of their sources of cost growth, an assessment of their approaches to technical risk assessment, and an examination of their acquisition policy adaptations and industrial base environments. The researchers recommend independent program assessment for space systems that emphasizes technical and program factors, and a modified organizational structure that maintains cost analyst independence. They also summarize the cost estimating best practices of several other government organizations.
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Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1974 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Space Transportation written by Walter Edward Hammond and published by AIAA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This practical book gives young professionals all the information they need to know to get started in the space business. It takes you step-by-step through processes for systems engineering and acquisition, design and development, cost analysis, and program planning and analysis. You'll find the systems engineering and design process that applies to all space transportation systems, then the overall system architecture considerations that also apply to all space transportation systems. There is also detailed coverage of space launch vehicles by class, including the current space shuttle, other manned reusable systems, expendable systems, and future systems. A companion CD-ROM contains the Operations Simulation and Analysis Modeling System software.
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Download or read book Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Collaboration on Space and Earth Science Missions written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an examination of case studies, agency briefings, and existing reports, and drawing on personal knowledge and direct experience, the Committee on Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Cooperation on Space and Earth Science Missions found that candidate projects for multiagency collaboration in the development and implementation of Earth-observing or space science missions are often intrinsically complex and, therefore costly, and that a multiagency approach to developing these missions typically results in additional complexity and cost. Advocates of collaboration have sometimes underestimated the difficulties and associated costs and risks of dividing responsibility and accountability between two or more partners; they also discount the possibility that collaboration will increase the risk in meeting performance objectives. This committee's principal recommendation is that agencies should conduct Earth and space science projects independently unless: It is judged that cooperation will result in significant added scientific value to the project over what could be achieved by a single agency alone; or Unique capabilities reside within one agency that are necessary for the mission success of a project managed by another agency; or The project is intended to transfer from research to operations necessitating a change in responsibility from one agency to another during the project; or There are other compelling reasons to pursue collaboration, for example, a desire to build capacity at one of the cooperating agencies. Even when the total project cost may increase, parties may still find collaboration attractive if their share of a mission is more affordable than funding it alone. In these cases, alternatives to interdependent reliance on another government agency should be considered. For example, agencies may find that buying services from another agency or pursuing interagency coordination of spaceflight data collection is preferable to fully interdependent cooperation.
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