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Ares Project Overview – Quality in Design

Ares Project Overview – Quality in Design. Chris Cianciola Kenneth Crane. Agenda. Project Overview Testing Strategy Project Status Quality in Ares Design. Ares Project Introduction. The next chapter in human space exploration—Moon, Mars and beyond

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Ares Project Overview – Quality in Design

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  1. Ares Project Overview –Quality in Design Chris Cianciola Kenneth Crane

  2. Agenda • Project Overview • Testing Strategy • Project Status • Quality in Ares Design

  3. Ares Project Introduction • The next chapter in human space exploration—Moon, Mars and beyond • Building on experience from 50 years of Saturn and Shuttle ops • Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) established requirements • U.S. Space Exploration Strategy • Complete the International Space Station • Retire the Shuttle • Develop and fly the Crew Exploration Vehicle (Orion) • Explore and establish an outpost on the Moon • Send humans to Mars • Separate crew and cargo launch vehicles

  4. Video: Moon and Beyond

  5. Ares Project Status J-2X Powerpack Testing First Stage Nozzle Process Simulation Article Over 4,000 Hours of Wind Tunnel Testing Fabricating Gore Dome Panels for Upper Stage

  6. Testing Strategy • “Test as you fly” strategy • Ground, flight, and orbital tests • Ares I-X • April 2009 • Suborbital flight test • Combination of operational and mockup hardware • Demonstrate ability to control Ares I vehicle • Additional Ares tests • Ares I-Y: First flight of five-segment RSRB • Orion 1: First flight of J-2X and Orion • 2015: First crewed flight to International Space Station • 2018: First flight of Ares V

  7. Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and Other Best Practices in Ares Design • Applied Lean practices to Ares I-X flight test organization and schedule margins • Instituting Lean and Kaizen practices throughout the Ares Project • Creating Lean success stories • Using Kaizen to improve operational and business practices • Using Kaizen to develop new operational and business processes • Using Six Sigma experiment design to develop and improve Ares upper stage production practices • Establishing team norms to model appropriate behavior within Ares and S&MA

  8. S&MA in Ares Design – Summary • Providing more resources to support Ares design work • Making S&MA more independent for objective assessments • Improving discipline expertise as well as training and mentoring opportunities for new employees • Adding value through Failure Mode Effect Analyses (FMEAs) • Improving system safety • Getting involved in quality up front using Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen practices • Receiving respect for technical expertise • Becoming an organization where NASA’s best and brightest want to work • Bringing unique engineering expertise to the table in support of programs and projects

  9. Questions? Chris Cianciola www.nasa.gov/ares

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