# Presentation: 705252

## NASA Workmanship Standards Technical Committee

- Area of responsibility:
- Manufacturing Processes for, and
- Acceptance of, Flight Hardware
- Chairperson:
- Michael Delmont/GSFC/306

## The NASA Workmanship Standards Technical Committee(WSTC) comprises members from all NASA Centers, NASA HQ, and ESA.
Communicates via monthly teleconferences and semi-annual tabletop meetings.
Protect the reliability of space flight hardware by providing projects with manufacturing standards appropriate for the hardware’s expected operating environment.

- Communicates via monthly teleconferences and semi-annual tabletop meetings.
- Protect the reliability of space flight hardware by providing projects with manufacturing standards appropriate for the hardware’s expected operating environment.

- Structure & Charter

- February 23, 2001

## Per OMB Circular A-119, priority is given to identifying Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS) to provide Agency projects with the appropriate standard(s).
If found, obtain membership on the relevant committee to represent NASA’s interests.
If not found, solicit the appropriate VCS organization to see if they’re willing to initiate a VCS for the discipline (again, with WSTC participation on the committee).
If they’re unwilling or unable, begin process of writing a NASA Technical Standard.

- If found, obtain membership on the relevant committee to represent NASA’s interests.
- If not found, solicit the appropriate VCS organization to see if they’re willing to initiate a VCS for the discipline (again, with WSTC participation on the committee).
- If they’re unwilling or unable, begin process of writing a NASA Technical Standard.

- Processes

- February 23, 2001

## Ultimate goal is to find VCS’s that suit all Centers’ needs unconditionally; second choice is to supplement a VCS that’s close; final option is to generate a NASA Technical Standard (NTS).
Each Center has their expert on the relevant technology review the VCS and submit comments.
Each comment is discussed and dispositioned during monthly telecon or semi-annual tabletop meetings.
Based on resolution of comments, the VCS is adopted unconditionally, or a supplement (or NTS) is drafted. 

- Each Center has their expert on the relevant technology review the VCS and submit comments.
- Each comment is discussed and dispositioned during monthly telecon or semi-annual tabletop meetings.
- Based on resolution of comments, the VCS is adopted unconditionally, or a supplement (or NTS) is drafted.

- Coordination

- February 23, 2001

## The process for generating a VCS supplement or NTS is similar to the initial review process for a VCS.
Draft is prepared internally and distributed to WSTC for review & comment.
This is repeated until all comments are dispositioned to the satisfaction of the submitter(s) and the WSTC.
Adoption, whether a VCS, VCS supplement, or NTS is approved by the HQ Code Q Associate Administrator based on recommendation from WSTC Chairperson.
NASA Preferred Technical Standards web site updated based on adoption notice from HQ/Code Q/AA.

- Draft is prepared internally and distributed to WSTC for review & comment.
- This is repeated until all comments are dispositioned to the satisfaction of the submitter(s) and the WSTC.
- Adoption, whether a VCS, VCS supplement, or NTS is approved by the HQ Code Q Associate Administrator based on recommendation from WSTC Chairperson.
- NASA Preferred Technical Standards web site updated based on adoption notice from HQ/Code Q/AA.

- Coordination (cont’d)

- February 23, 2001