Constellation Space Transportation Planning Office Evolution Plan

1. Constellation Space Transportation Planning OfficeJuly 30, 2009

2. Charter Evolution CSTP Implementation Plan Program and Technical Authority Relationships Agenda

3. Constellation Space Transportation Planning Office Charter • SOMD Established with concurrence of ESMD in December 2008 • Develop methodology and corporate processes to manage NASA Human System Operations activities while continuing to develop further NASA Human Systems capabilities • Constellation Space Transportation Program • Manage the production, sustaining engineering, launch preparations, and recovery of the Ares I/Orion vehicle configuration that will transport crew safely to/from the ISS • ESMD/CxP will manage DDTE test flights through Certification completion • SOMD/CSTP will manage post-DDTE operations flights

4. Status of CSTP Implementation Plan Effective November 23, 2008 FY11 FY12… FY09 FY10 • Establish Project Offices/Managers • Partner Sub-System Managers assignments • Establish Sharing for DDTE Production Engineering with MSFC and JSC • Facility and System O&M • Support T&E Flight Tests • Initiate definition of Program Processes • Continue Program Planning, Prepare Program Plan • Develop System Integration Plan • Define Production Structure and WBS Structure • Establish Planning Office • Prepare draft Formulation Authorization Document • Initiate Multi-Center agreements for Program support • Initiate CSTP WBS Structure with CxP • Prepare initial CSTP level II FY10-15 resource requirements

5. Constellation Space Transportation Planning Office - Evolution 12/04/2008 SOMD/ESMD letter establishing CSTPO • 12/10/2007 • Out-brief to Administrator • Bill Hill team kicked off 06/11/2008 KSC Implementation Plan submitted to Bill Hill team. 2009 2007 2008 May Nov Mar Jul Jul May Sep Jan Jul Mar Sep Jan Nov Mar May Hawes-Geyer Team Methodology for Development & Operations Bill Hill Team Implementation of Hawes-Geyer Recommendations CSTPO Feb Dec Apr Oct Jun Feb Apr Jun Aug Dec Aug Apr Oct Feb Jun • 09/24/2008 • Out-brief to SMC • Agency approved • CSTPO Kickoff 07/2009 CxP CSTP Strategic Alliance Agreement Signed 10/18/2007 Out-brief to SOMD/ESMD 02/2007 Hawes-Geyer Team Kickoff 05/20/2008 Status to SMC

6. Established a partnership between ESMD and SOMD Post-DDTE Programmatic Structure with authority and responsibility for: Program control, including budget, schedule, and program content Maintaining requirements baseline Maintaining technical capability to perform systems engineering within established performance criteria Maintaining configuration control system and Certification of Flight Readiness process Manufacturing and Production of the flight and ground hardware to support the manifest. Directing pre-launch processing, launch execution, mission operations, recovery operations, and turnaround operations Partnering with ISS Program Customer and Mission Operations Directorate at the JSC Constellation Space Transportation Program End State

7. Constellation Evolution CxP DDT&E CSTP Production and Operations

8. Operations Program Imbedding into Development Program

9. Operations Program Planning established early enough to Gain Sub-System Sustaining Design Experience Participate in Flight Hardware Evolution Create Solid Engineering Relationships Operations Program Elements imbedded at all critical levels Sub-system engineering SE&I Development and Products Mission Planning and Operations Elements Program and Program Elements SMA and Engineering Technical Authority NASA recognizes the unique demands of pursuing development and operations within Human Space Systems. We have a solid programmatic plan to provide space system operations while developing the next series of exploration Human Space Systems Summary