A New Era Begins for the Spaceport Technology Center Vision

Annual Report 2000

KENNEDY

SPACE

CENTER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John F. Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

(321) 867-5000

www.ksc.nasa.gov

Annual Report 2000

KENNEDY

SPACE

CENTER
FY 2000 ANNUAL REPORT

Table of Contents

Center Director’s Message ........................................................ 2

Vision and Mission ..................................................................... 4

Historical Timeline ...................................................................... 5

Significant Events....................................................................... 8

ELV Program .............................................................................. 9

International Space Station .......................................................11

Space Shuttle Program ............................................................ 12

Future Vehicles ........................................................................ 14

Safety and Health First............................................................. 15

Partnerships ............................................................................. 17

Environmental Efforts ............................................................... 20

Technology ............................................................................... 21

Outreach .................................................................................. 24

Economic Impact...................................................................... 28

Financial Picture....................................................................... 30

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A Message from the

Center Director

The past year at Kennedy Space Center has proven to be a

time of vital change, new challenges and the realization of fundamental partnerships that will change the face of the Center. As

we follow our roadmap to the future of KSC, with each small step

we forge new ground in becoming a true Spaceport Technology

Center.

One step in achieving our goal was the KSC 2000 reorganization effort that has positioned the Center for a productive

future. KSC launched a new era on May 7, when its new organizational structure officially took effect. The improvement replaced

the previous 21 organizations with 15 organizations reporting to

the Center Director, streamlining the Center and adapting it to the

technology and customer needs of today. While fully meeting our

responsibilities for ground operations and continuing our tradition

of excellence, KSC can now participate in NASA’s cutting edge

engineering initiatives in its role as a Spaceport Technology

Center.

As lead center for NASA’s acquisition and management of

Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Launch Services, KSC kept its

momentum going by selecting Boeing Delta Launch Services Inc.

and Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. for the

NASA Launch Services contract awards.

In addition to the six ELV launches flown in the last fiscal

year, KSC launched four successful Shuttle missions, two of

which flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation

of the first resident crew. The other missions focused on the

servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Shuttle Radar

Topography Mission (SRTM) to map the Earth.

KSC also saw numerous ribbon cuttings including the Space

Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory (SERPL), the

Cryogenics Testbed Facility, the Vehicle Assembly Building Safe

Haven and the first Checkout and Launch Control System

(CLCS) in the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility.

Partnerships with the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

strengthened as we widened the bridge over the river. In June

2000, Brig. Gen. Donald Pettit, commander of the 45th Space

Wing, and I signed an interagency agreement that established

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the Joint Planning and Customer Service (JPCS) office. The

agreement brought together an integrated staff so that Spaceport

customers will have a one-stop shop with expertise both from the

45th Space Wing and KSC.

The Florida Space Summit held in January 2000 brought

influential leaders from federal and state government, industry

and academia together to discuss the future for space exploration. I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion about the

future of space as it related to the state of Florida during the

Summit. A fascinating discussion ensued between participants

like Senator Bob Graham, Rep. Dave Weldon, Gov. Jeb Bush,

Brig. Gen. Pettit, and NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Lieutenant

Governor Brogan and I also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to document the long-term intent to form new

partnerships with public and private academic institutions for

development of new technology learning environments for the

training of our aerospace workforce. We followed up this year

adding funding to start the first phase of the agreement.

Through these efforts and others, KSC began the new millennium with a reinvigorated sense of destiny and a clear plan for

continuing excellence in launch operations and technology

development.

Each year presents different challenges than the previous

one, but our vision for the Spaceport Technology Center, along

with the promise of continuing partnerships, will ensure the

safety and success of future missions into space to explore and

discover keys to mysteries of this grand universe God created for

us.

Roy D. Bridges, Jr.
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Kennedy Space Center

use and development of

space

• Research, develop, verify

and transfer advanced

aeronautics, and space

technologies

The strategic goals, vision

and guiding principles developed at Kennedy mirror the

dedication, excellence and

integrity of investing in

America’s future through

continued space exploration.

KSC Strategic

Goals

• Assure sound, safe and

efficient practices are in

place for private/commercial

processing

• Increase the use of operational knowledge in the

design/development of

payloads and new vehicles

• Partner to develop new

technologies for future

space initiatives

• Continually enhance core

capabilities to meet customer needs

KSC Guiding

Principles

• Safety and Health First

• Build Reliance and Teamwork Everywhere

• Satisfy Our Customers’

Needs Anytime, Anywhere

• Environmental Leadership

 Within NASA’s framework

of space and development

centers, Kennedy Space

Center is the Center of Excellence for Launch and Payload

Processing Systems, Lead

Center for Acquisition and

Management of Expendable

Launch Vehicle Launch Services and Lead Center for

Payload Carriers and Support.

In November 2000, the NASA

Administrator amended KSC’s

Mission Area and assigned

KSC as “Space Launch

Operations and Spaceport and

Range Technologies.” Each

step forward to expand KSC’s

capabilities is accomplished in

partnership with other NASA

centers to achieve the vision

and mission of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA Vision

NASA is an investment in

America’s future. As explorers,

pioneers and innovators, we

boldly expand frontiers in air

and space to inspire and serve

America and to benefit the

quality of life on Earth.

NASA Mission

• Advance and communicate

scientific knowledge and

understanding of the Earth,

the solar system, and the

universe

• Advance human exploration,

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October 1958 - Just six days

after NASA was formally

organized from the National

Advisory Committee for

Aeronautics, the first American

human space flight program,

Project Mercury, was initiated.

May 1961 - Alan B. Shepard

Jr. became the first American

to fly into space, when he rode

his Mercury capsule on a 15-

minute suborbital mission.

August 1961 - NASA announced that it intends to

expand the Cape Canaveral

facilities to launch humans to

the moon by acquiring 80,000

acres of land north and west

of the Air Force Missile Test

Center facilities at the Cape.

February 1962 – John H.

Glenn Jr. became the first

American to orbit the Earth on

the Mercury flight Friendship 7.

July 1962 - Dr. Kurt H. Debus

was named Director of the

Launch Operations Center,

which later became the John

F. Kennedy Space Center.

July 1963 - Construction of

the Vehicle Assembly Building

began, making it at the time,

the largest building in the

world with more than

129,480,000 cubic feet.

November 1963 - President

Johnson renamed both the

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Launch Operations Center

and the Cape Canaveral

Auxiliary Air Force Station to

the John F. Kennedy Space

Center seven days after the

president was assassinated.

August 1965 - Construction of

the first stretch of the

Crawlerway, between the

Vehicle Assembly Building and

Launch Pad 39A, was completed.

January 1967 - The threeman crew for the first manned

Apollo spaceflight (AS-204)

died in an accidental flash fire

at Launch Complex 34 during

the first major dress rehearsal.

The crew included Virgil I.

Grissom, Edward H. White

and Roger B. Chaffee.

November 1967 - One of

KSC’s two new pads at

Launch Complex 39, Pad A,

was used for the first time to

launch the Saturn V spacecraft development flight. This

was also the first time that one

of the firing rooms in KSC’s

Launch Control Center was

used.

July 1969 - A Saturn V safely

boosted Neil Armstrong, Buzz

Aldrin and Michael Collins into

space on July 16, culminating

in the first lunar landing on the

moon on July 20 at 10:56 p.m.

EST.

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May 1973 - Florida Gov.

Reuben Askew signed a

legislative enactment that

restored the name of the

geographic cape to Cape

Canaveral from Cape

Kennedy, a name it had held

for almost ten years.

May 1973 - Launch of a

Saturn V rocket to complete

first Skylab mission.

January 1975 - Lee R.

Scherer officially assumed his

duties as the second KSC

Director.

July 1975 - Launch of ApolloSoyuz Test Project (ASTP)

designed to test rendezvous

and docking system compatibility for American and Soviet

spacecraft and open the way

for future joint human flights.

September 1979 - Richard G.

Smith was named the third

KSC Director.

March 1979 - The first Space

Shuttle orbiter, Columbia,

arrived at KSC and spent 610

days being prepared for

launch in one of the twin bays

in the Orbiter Processing

Facility.

April 1981 - The newly refurbished and modified Pad A, at

Launch Complex 39, was

used for the first launch in the

Space Shuttle program on

April 12, the 20th anniversary

of Yuri Gagarin’s first launch

into orbit for humankind.

February 1984 - For the first

time, following the completion

of STS 41-B, the Space

Shuttle landed at the Shuttle

Landing Facility (SLF).

January 1986 - Pad B at

Launch Complex 39 was used

for the first time in the Space

Shuttle Program to launch

Space Shuttle Challenger on

mission STS 51-L. Approximately 73 seconds after its

launch on January 28 at 11:38

a.m. EST, an explosion occurred causing the loss of the

orbiter and its crew.

September 1986 - Lt. Gen.

Forrest S. McCartney was

named the fourth KSC

Director.

September 1988 - Space

Shuttle flights resumed after

an extensive investigation into

the STS 51-L accident and an

assessment of the Space

Shuttle program was

conducted.

September 1991 - A third

Orbiter Processing Facility bay

was dedicated. The former

Orbiter Modification and

Refurbishment Facility, which

had been used for off-line

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orbiter inspection, modifications and repair work, was

converted using existing

service structures and work

platforms transported to KSC

from Vandenberg Air Force

Base.

January 1992 - Robert L.

Crippen was named the fifth

KSC Director.

June 1994 - The Space

Station Processing Facility,

which serves as the central

preflight checkout and processing point for elements of

the International Space Station, was dedicated.

June 1995 - The first piece of

hardware to be processed for

flight in the Space Station

Processing Facility (SSPF)

arrived at KSC. It was the

Russian Docking Module,

which was attached to the Mir

Space Station during STS-74 .

January 1995 - Jay F.

Honeycutt was named the

sixth KSC Director.

March 1997 - Roy D. Bridges

Jr. was named the seventh

KSC Director. A former

astronaut and retired Air Force

Maj. Gen., he is the current

Center Director overseeing

Space Shuttle launches as

assembly of the International

Space Station progresses.

July 1997 - The Kennedy

Space Center Implementation

Plan and Road Map, a bold

plan for KSC’s future through

the year 2025, was unveiled.

October 1997 - KSC was

designated lead center for

acquisition and management

of Expendable Launch Vehicle

Launch Services for the

agency.

December 1998 - The first

Space Shuttle mission dedicated to the assembly of the

ISS was launched from Pad

39A on December 4 at 3:36

a.m. EST carrying the Unity

node.

May 1999 – Shuttle Discovery

was launched from Pad 39B

on May 27 at 6:49 p.m. on the

first mission for a Shuttle to

dock with the International

Space Station.

July 1999 – The first Space

Shuttle mission commanded

by a female, astronaut Eileen

Collins, began when Shuttle

Columbia launched from Pad

39B on July 23 at 12:31 a.m.

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Significant Events

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• October 1999 – Ribbon

cutting for the Consolidated

Support Operations Center

• October 1999 – S1 truss for

the International Space

Station arrived at KSC

• November 1999 – P3 truss

for the International Space

Station arrived at KSC

• December 1999 - Launch of

an Atlas IIAS ELV from

Vandenberg Air Force Base

on the EOS Terra mission

• December 1999 - STS-103,

the third Shuttle mission to

service the Hubble Space

Telescope

• December 1999 - Launch of

a Taurus ELV from

Vandenberg Air Force Base

on the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

Satellite(ACRIMSAT) mission

• January 2000 - KSC hosted

the first Florida Space

Summit

• February 2000 - STS-99,

the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission to produce 3-D

image of Earth

• March 2000 - Launch of a

Delta II on the Imager for

Magnetopause-to-Aurora

Global Exploration (IMAGE)

mission

• March 2000 - KSC hosted

the second Southeast

Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of

Science and Technology)

Robotics competition

• April 2000 - Ribbon cutting

for the Cryogenics Testbed

Facility

• May 2000 - STS-101, the

first servicing mission to the

International Space Station

• May 2000 - Launch of an

Atlas IIA from Cape

Canaveral Air Force Station

on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-L) mission

• May 2000 - KSC 2000

reorganization effort in place

• June 2000 - Launch of an

Atlas IIA from Cape

Canaveral Air Force Station

on the Tracking and Data

Relay Satellite (TDRS-H)

mission

• June 2000 - KSC and the

Air Force sign an interagency agreement establishing the Joint Planning

and Customer Service office

• June 2000 - Boeing Delta

Launch Services Inc. and

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services were

selected for the NASA

Launch Service contract

• August 2000 - The VAB’s

Safe Haven modifications

were tested

• September 2000 - Launch

of a Titan II from VAFB on

the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration’s

(NOAA-L) mission

• September 2000 - STS-106,

second servicing mission to

the International Space Station

• September 2000 - Ribbon

cutting for the first Checkout

and Launch Control System

at the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility
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ELV Program

Since the beginning of FY

1999, Kennedy Space Center

has been the fully functional

lead center for NASA’s

acquisition and management

of Expendable Launch Vehicle

(ELV) Launch Services. Six

ELV missions were successfully launched during 2000.

Eleven ELV missions from

both KSC, Vandenberg Air

Force Base in Calif., and

Kodiak, Alaska, are currently

planned for launch in 2001.

In June 2000, NASA

selected Boeing Delta Launch

Services Inc. and Lockheed

Martin Commercial Launch

Services Inc. for the NASA

Launch Services contract. An

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity contract was

awarded to each contractor

with a minimum of one launch

service over 10 years. NASA

is authorized to order a total

of 70 launch services under

all the contracts bringing the

total estimated value to

$5 billion.

KSC’s ELV team expanded capabilities this year

when they remotely managed

a Pegasus rocket launch of

High-Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2) from the

Kwajalein Missile Range in

the South Pacific. Using a

newly developed, innovative

remote monitoring system

from Hangar AE, the team

was able to track the vehicle

and spacecraft as well as a

launch at Cape Canaveral.

KSC’s ELV team managed

the launch of two missions

from CCAFS in FY 2000.

Satellites launched were the

Geostationary Operational

Environmental Satellite

(GOES-L) weather satellite

in May and NASA’s latest

Tracking and Data Relay

Satellite (TDRS-H) in June.

From Vandenberg Air

Force Base in California, the

KSC team supported the

successful launch of both

Terra, a new series of satellites that are part of the U.S.

Global Change Research

Program, and Active Cavity

Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

Satellite (ACRIMSAT) in

December 1999; the Imager

for Magnetopause-to-Aurora

Global Exploration (IMAGE)

in March 2000; and the

National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration’s

NOAA-L spacecraft in

September 2000.

To ensure safe and successful missions, KSC participated in an Agency-wide Red

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search for possible problems

or situations that could impact

all future missions to Mars and

outer planets. Findings of this

Red Team caused NASA to

realign some of its major

programs, changing both the

focus and scope, to orchestrate the success and safety

of future missions.

ELV Program

With an ambitious schedule set for 2001, the ELV

Program will focus efforts on

providing vehicle qualifications, payload integration with

mission assurance leading to

safe, successful launches of

both new and existing launch

vehicles.

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14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

TOTAL # OF LAUNCHES & PAYLOADS

1

1

1

1

2

2

5

5

3

3

4

5

7

8

3

3

5

6

9

11

6

9

11

15

9

12

9

11

10

10

9

9

12

12

11

11

117

134

YEAR

NASA ELV Total Launch Rate

NASA ELV Launches

NASA ELV Payloads

FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 TOTAL

NASA ELV Launches

NASA ELV Payloads
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International Space

Station

As the quest continues to

construct an orbiting research

facility, KSC continued to help

ensure safe and successful

ground operations for the

International Space Station

(ISS) flight hardware. KSC’s

team processed approximately

275,000 pounds of hardware

for flight aboard 11 future

missions.

KSC successfully completed Phase I of Multi Element Integrated Testing

(MEIT) involving the U.S.

Laboratory Destiny; electrical

power, control and communication modules; docking port;

and the Canadian-built robot

arm. KSC teams focused

efforts on MEIT Phase II test

planning and completed the

first MEIT II test configuration

involving a KSC developed

ground support US Lab Emulator, additional power modules and Mobile Transporter.

MEIT was designed to

verify electrical, structural and

fluid connections between

interfacing Station flight

elements. The series of endto-end tests revealed numerous hardware and software

problems that were corrected

during ground processing,

preventing potential rework on

orbit. Due to the success of

MEIT, the National Space Club

presented the prestigious

Eagle Award to the team. The

Eagle Award is intended for

persons who, through direct

effort in the design, development, production, test, evaluation, launch, space operation

or recovery of human space

flight equipment, have influenced successful completion

of one or more human space

flight missions by limiting risks

or hazards to the flight crew or

mission objective.

The Vapor Containment

Facility (VCF), completed

ahead of schedule in July

2000, supported STS-92,

STS-97 and STS-98 mission

critical path processing this

year. Ninety seven percent of

all potentially hazardous

ammonia leak paths were

relocated to the VCF, thus

dramatically increasing personnel safety in the Space

Station Processing Facility

(SSPF) and reducing the

chances of affecting work in

that facility.

One of the first payloads to

reside on the Station, the

Protein Crystal Growth -

Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen

Dewar, was processed at KSC

for flight STS-106 and was

returned from orbit on flight

STS-92, demonstrating the full

cycle for ISS hardware performing research in space.
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Space Shuttle

During the past fiscal year,

the Space Shuttle program

produced many breathtaking

launches, transported numerous pounds of Station hardware to orbit, implemented

several hi-tech orbiter upgrades, and passed a major

historic milestone.

KSC safely and successfully launched four Shuttle

missions carrying 27 astronauts.

The crews traveled a total of

17.5 million miles in space.

The Shuttle program, while

still having more than threequarters of its design lifetime

available, has provided NASA

with numerous accomplishments for nearly 20 years.

Since April 1981, the Shuttle

has transported about three

million pounds of cargo and

hundreds of astronauts have

had the unique privilege of

traveling aboard this unrivaled

space vehicle.

STS-103, the first flight of

the fiscal year, launched a

seven-member crew aboard

Discovery on a mission to

repair the Hubble Space

Telescope. The crew restored

Hubble to working order and

upgraded some of its systems

allowing the decade-old

observatory to prepare to

begin its second decade of

astronomical observations.

The year 2000 started with

a first-of-its-kind mission

called the Shuttle Radar

Topography Mission to map

the Earth. The crew deployed

a 200-foot mast protruding

from the payload bay to

produce unrivaled 3-D images

that will contribute to the

production of better maps as

well as help create more

realistic flight simulators and

enhanced navigation safety.

After those first two missions focused on science not

related to the International

Space Station, the next two

missions, STS-101 and STS106, brought our center of

attention back to the goal of

permanently living and working in space with servicing

missions to prepare the

Station for the first resident

crew, Expedition One.

During the year, KSC’s

expertise in operational technology was used to provide

immediate applications to help

with the safety and success of

Shuttle missions. The launch

of STS-101 was delayed due

to a 320-pound Power Drive

Unit (PDU) for the orbiter’s

rudder/speed brake that had

to be replaced. To speed the

replacement process, it was

performed at the pad. This

procedure had never been

attempted before. It was a

precarious operation because

of the risk of air intrusion – an

unacceptable condition for

flight. KSC’s new Cryogenic

Testbed Facility was used to

research the inherent dangers

and to organize a plan to

freeze the six titanium hydraulic lines that lead to the PDU,

thereby eliminating the possibility of air intrusion. Because

of the operational technology

skills that exist here at KSC, a

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Shuttle rollback was prevented

and the operation and subsequent retests were completed.

Space Shuttle

Upgrades

As the Space Shuttle fleet

prepares for a new decade of

challenging missions, the

orbiters are being ferried in

turn to Palmdale, Calif., to

receive more than 100 21st

Century modifications.

Flying for the first time

aboard Atlantis on mission

STS-101, was the “glass

cockpit” composed of 11 new,

full-color, flat-panel displays

on the flight deck. Columbia,

the second in the orbiter fleet

to undergo these modifications, was ferried to Palmdale

in the fall of 1999. A glass

cockpit and many other upgrades are being installed.

Various upgrades include a

relocated airlock to prepare for

International Space Station

assembly flights, an updated

communications system and

better protection elements for

the orbiter’s cooling system.

Improved flight hardware

and vehicle upgrades were not

the only equipment enhancements. The Checkout and

Launch Control System

(CLCS) Project will upgrade

the Space Shuttle’s outdated

launch processing software.

The first CLCS room was

declared operational at the

Hypergolic Maintenance

Facility in September 2000. It

is the first of several new

CLCS control rooms to come

on line and is being used to

process the Orbital Maneuvering System pods and Forward

Reaction Control System

modules. Future facilities

include three control rooms in

the Launch Control Center,

which will eventually monitor

and control the Shuttle during

countdown and ground processing.

After Hurricane Floyd just

missed hitting the East Coast

of Florida, managers realized

that KSC needed to increase

the Vehicle Assembly

Building’s (VAB) storage

capacity to provide a safe

haven for a Shuttle at the pad.

A buried portion of the Apolloera Crawlerway leading to the

VAB on the southwest side

was modified as part of KSC’s

Safe Haven project. High Bay

2 now provides protection for

a third fully stacked Shuttle to

improve KSC’s readiness for

hurricane season.

The Shuttle program also

received a long-awaited pair of

new transporters for Shuttle

payload canisters. The new

transporters, manufactured in

Germany and delivered to

KSC by barge, carry spacecraft and International Space

Station elements from payload

facilities to the pads. The

transporters were needed to

support the Space Shuttle

Program well into the new

millennium.

Space Shuttle

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Future Vehicles

As the time for new vehicles to be launched at KSC

draws closer, Kennedy Space

Center has established a key

position in the Space Launch

Initiative (SLI). SLI is the

program to develop technologies necessary to build a

second-generation Reusable

Launch Vehicle (RLV). The

Space Shuttle is America’s

first generation RLV, and

NASA has established a goal

that the next generation RLV

should be ten times cheaper

to operate, and 100 times

safer. KSC is providing the

project leadership for ground

operations technology development work, as well as

providing team members to

the flight vehicle development

teams. KSC has also begun

key partnerships with all the

major aerospace companies

that are developing new

technologies for the secondgeneration RLV. Technology

development focus areas to

date have included umbilical

systems as well as ground

based and space based range

safety systems.

The White House Office of

Science and Technology

Policy led an inter-agency

working group to study the

future use and management of

the U.S. space launch bases

and ranges. This report, as

signed by the President,

recommends that NASA

should name KSC as the

center for next generation

range technology development. Subsequently, NASA

Headquarters revised

Kennedy Space Center’s

mission to lead spaceport and

range technology development. Formulation was

begun on the Spaceport and

Range Technology Development Initiative to integrate and

coordinate national technology

development activities. This

involves federal and state

agencies, industry and

academia.

As these projects gather

momentum, KSC is playing a

vital role in the development of

future launch vehicles and

technology.

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Safety and Health First

Supporting our value of

safety and health first, in 2000

KSC kicked off the effort to

pursue Star Certification in the

OSHA Voluntary Protection

Program (VPP) with the target

for certification being 2002.

VPP certification is conferred

by OSHA on only the safest

worksites and is an indicator

that both management and

employees are taking an

active role in a sound safety

program. The KSC VPP

certification is the most complex and largest attempt by an

organization in the United

States, according to OSHA

representatives while visiting

KSC.

KSC took a leading role in

health education for NASA

employees. A skin cancer

screening and detection

workshop was held at KSC

and was presented as a model

for other centers and to the

American Academy of Dermatology. Programs on industrial

hygiene, health physics,

emerging diseases and aging

were also offered to both KSC

employees and employees at

other centers.

A Bone Marrow Registration Drive registered 1200 new

potential bone marrow donors,

the largest number of any

KSC Bone Marrow Registration Drive, and marked the first

time KSC worked with the 45th

Space Wing for a marrow

donor drive. The success of

the drive, which covered KSC,

Cape Canaveral Air Force

Station, and Patrick Air Force

Base, was made possible

through high visibility support

from KSC and 45th Space

Wing senior leaders, contractors, and volunteers.

KSC and the 45th Space

Wing also joined forces to

heighten awareness about

work place safety during the

3rd annual Super Safety and

Health Day. All normal work

activities, with the exception of

mandatory services such as

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fire and security, were suspended permitting thousands

of KSC employees and contractors to participate in a full

day of informative activities.

The compelling speakers

reminded employees that the

health and safety of the

workforce, both on and off

duty, is crucial to the overall

effectiveness and success of

mission goals and objectives

and to protecting the lives of

our astronauts.

KSC had another successful year with respect to prevention of injuries. FY 2000

marked the fifth successive

year in which accident and

injury rates decreased.

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0.6

0.7

FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 00

Injuries per 200000 Hours

Year FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 00

Frequency 0.44 0.6 0.5 0.41 0.33

KSC Lost Time Injury History
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Partnerships

Space Experiment

Research and

Processing

Laboratory

(SERPL)

Examples of KSC partnerships involve the future Space

Experiment Research and

Processing Laboratory

(SERPL) magnet facility for a

planned Space Commerce

Park. NASA and the Spaceport Florida Authority teamed

to develop the laboratory and

park concepts to accommodate commercial, government

and international space research and technology development programs. This

collaborative effort also included the State’s Office of

Tourism; Trade and Economic

Development; the Department

of Management Services;

Florida Space Research

Institute; University of Florida;

University of Central Florida;

Florida Institue of Technology;

and local contractors including

Dynamac, Bionetics, SGS, and

Delaware North Parks Services. The facility will feature

shared-use laboratories where

Florida university researchers

will collaborate on a day-today basis, with the University

of Florida as lead.

Plans for the 400-acre

park on the Kennedy Space

Center included building a

facility to support life sciences,

biological flight experiment

processing and research for

the International Space Station. Local universities will

use SERPL to combine postflight research at KSC with

biological research that will be

undertaken onsite. NASA is

currently designing the facility.

The State of Florida appropriated $14 million for the

project. The remaining funding

necessary for construction is

expected to be in the state’s

next budget. The facility, comanaged by the Florida Space

Research Institute, will partner

to get the best of the best

Florida universities and colleges actively involved at KSC.

Once it is completed, the

State-owned SERPL will be

available for lease by NASA’s

Life Sciences Support Contractor.

Cape Canaveral

Spaceport

A partnership that has

taken root and flourished is

the formation of the Joint

Performance Management

Office (JPMO), which manages the Joint Base Operations and Support Contract

(J-BOSC). This partnering

effort between NASA and the

USAF/45th Space Wing fo-

“The principal missions of the

Interagency Agreement is to

eliminate bureaucracy, serve

as a ‘one-stop shop’ for new

customers of the two federal

agencies and to continue to

expand the Air Force/NASA

partnership.”

 Brig. Gen. Donald Pettit

 USAF

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cuses on building a unified

Cape Canaveral Spaceport by

generating efficiencies and

reducing the cost of supporting the nation’s spacelift

requirements.

This year, the NASA and

USAF partnership has created

a new Joint Planning and

Customer Service Office to

improve current customer

satisfaction and especially pay

attention to needs of new

spaceport customers. This is a

“One Stop Shop” where

spaceport customers can

come and discuss their requirements and receive

recommendations for their

business; all without going to

multiple offices and entities.

The Spaceport’s unique

integration of KSC, Cape

Canaveral Air Force Station,

Merritt Island National Wildlife

Refuge and Canaveral

National Seashore requires a

unified vision to become the

premier prototype spaceport

that is both gateway to space

and steward of Earth’s environment. The Cape Canaveral

Spaceport Comprehensive

Master Planning efforts began

in FY 2000, with the hiring of

an A&E consultant, ZHA Inc.

located in Orlando, Fla. A

leadership team was established from the financial

partners, as well as the other

significant land manager

partners and the Navy. Formal visioning sessions with

the spaceport community

including: employees, commercial operators, government

entities, industry, academia

and community neighbors

and businesses produced a

master planning vision statement. This statement will

guide the alternative development, analysis and selection

this fiscal year. Final implementation planning will be

completed in FY 2002.

Last year, NASA/KSC and

the USAF/45th Space Wing

signed the Consolidated

Comprehensive Emergency

Management Plan (CCEMP).

The CCEMP established

uniform policy guidelines for

the effective mitigation of,

preparation for, response to

and recovery from a variety of

emergency situations at the

Spaceport.

Emergency Preparedness

was further enhanced by the

acquisition of the Mobile

Command Center (MCC), a

specially equipped emergency

response vehicle. The MCC

allows the emergency response team to better respond

when emergencies at the

Cape Canaveral Spaceport

require a mobile field command center. The vehicle was

purchased by the J-BOSC

contractor Space Gateway

Partnerships

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Support using J-BOSC contract savings.

Working together in partnership, NASA hopes to

continue its movement into the

new millennium with the

support of government,

academia, contractors and the

local community.

Cryogenics

Testbed Facility

The Cryogenics Testbed

Facility, a new venture in

technology and research

collaboration, is just one more

example of the partnerships

being forged at KSC. Cryogenics and high vacuum

techniques and technology are

being used more widely all

around the world. Kennedy

Space Center created this

facility to better apply cryogenics to our lives in the fields of

medicine, biology, food,

computers, industry, rocket

propulsion and the spaceports

of the future. The special

facility was a jointly funded

agreement between Dynacs

Engineering Co., Florida

Department of Community

Affairs, the Technological

Research and Development

Authority and NASA.

The facility has already

paid dividends in applying

technology solutions to operational issues at the Space

Shuttle launch pad. Several

commercial cryogenic projects

have already been completed

with the number of businesses

seeking services steadily

starting to climb. The Testbed

demonstrates the win-win

philosophy and innovative

initiatives in technology transfer that Kennedy Space

Center has become known for

and will be the pathfinder for

making other KSC Testbeds

commercially available as

well.

Advanced

Technology

Development

Center

In 2000, KSC began the

development and expansion of

the Advanced Technology

Development Center (ATDC).

To be developed over the next

six years, the ATDC will be a

national resource for other

state and federal government

agencies, as well as academia

and the aerospace industry.

KSC will utilize its capabilities

to develop technologies to

support KSC’s role in spaceport and range technology that

will benefit all future vehicles.

“It’s often said that it’s a long

way from the laboratory to the

marketplace. In a similar way,

it’s a big jump from the

laboratory to outer space. The

niche is the testbed. We aim to

fill the gap by bringing together

under one virtual roof the

elements of research,

engineering, operations and

industry.”

 James Fesmire

 Engineering Development

Partnerships

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Environmental Efforts

The Kennedy Space

Center has implemented

aggressive recycling, pollution

prevention, and energy conservation efforts not only to

ensure a safe, healthy workplace, but also to minimize

costs from waste cleanup,

excess energy use, and

inefficient use of resources.

KSC recycles materials

ranging from scrap metal,

copper, and aluminum to

paper and copier toner cartridges. Recycling revenues in

FY 2000 totaled over $93,000

compared to about $57,000 in

FY 1999, a 60 percent increase that will generate

funding for future recycling

efforts.

The energy conservation

efforts at KSC were nationally

recognized during the year,

when the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)

awarded the KSC Child

Development Center with the

Energy Star Label for Buildings. The center demonstrated

energy performance in the top

25 percent of similar buildings

while maintaining indoor air

quality, resulting in a healthier

environment.

KSC also completed three

technology demonstrations

planned as candidates for site

clean up of contaminated

groundwater. Workers seek to

use the demonstrations to find

the most effective and costeffective remedies for environmental contamination.

KSC collaborated with the 45th

Space Wing to host a joint

week-long event to raise

awareness of environmental

and energy issues, and to

promote ways to conserve

resources and reduce costs.

A 100 percent increase in staff

attending the annual events

attests to the increased environmental and energy awareness at KSC.

Environmental monitoring,

management, and ecological

research activities at KSC

cover more than 140,000

acres of land that is home to

some of the most biologically

diverse marine, estuarine,

fresh-water, wetland, and

terrestrial communities in

North America. The Biological

Sciences Programs (BSP) at

KSC support the ecological

research and management

needs of the Merritt Island

National Wildlife Refuge and

the Canaveral National Seashore, as well as NASA’s

launch and landing sites.

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Technology

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KSC, through the

Technology Programs and

Commercialization Office, led

all of the NASA field centers

for the fiscal year in the

licensing of technologies. KSC

leadership continued to foster

the Center’s development as a

Spaceport Technology Center.

Each year Kennedy Space

Center’s technical

contributions to the world, in

the form of spinoffs, send

hundreds of technologies,

originally developed for the

space program, into the hands

of American people. License

agreements were negotiated

for ten patents and software

copyrights during FY 2000.

Specific technology areas

targeted for emphasis were

Fluid System Technologies;

Spaceport Structures and

Materials; Process

Engineering; Command,

Control, Monitoring and Range

Technology; and Plant and

Microbiological Sciences. Part

of the royalties from the

licensing of these technologies

will help to fund other research

or development projects.

Technology

Spinoffs

• Nitrogen Oxide

Waste Conversion to Fertilizer

The Space Shuttle uses

nitrogen tetroxide as the

oxidizer for the hypergolic

propellant in its on-orbit

orbital maneuvering and

reaction control systems.

When the oxidizer is transferred from ground storage

tanks into the Shuttle

storage tanks – and during

maintenance operationssome nitrogen tetroxide

vapor creates a hazardous

by-product. Kennedy Space

Center installed an improved Nitrogen Tetroxide

Scrubber system to trap the

vapors in water and then

use hydrogen peroxide to

produce nitric acid. The

addition of another compound, potassium hydroxide, converts the nitric acid

into potassium nitrate. This

process produces a useful

commercial fertilizer.

• Medevac

Oxygen System

KSC created a new, costsaving Medevac Oxygen

System that it now being

used in various military

“Over the past four years,

KSC has vigorously

implemented NASA

Administrator Dan Goldin’s

Agenda for Change, which

calls for increasing the

number of partnerships with

the commercial sector.”

Gale Allen

Deputy Chief

Technologist
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aircraft. The system was

originally designed to

provide oxygen to astronauts being flown aboard

aircraft in case of a forced

landing at a Space Shuttle

Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) site. This new

system cost only $1,300

per kit versus an expansion of the old system that

could have had a staggering cost of more than $1

million each. Through an

intergovernmental agency

technology transfer, the

system is now being

tested for planned

incorporation into the U.S.

Air Force Air Mobility

Command.

• Personal Cabin

Pressure

Altitude Monitor

Another KSC innovation,

the Personal Cabin

Pressure Altitude Monitor,

promises to significantly

contribute to public

aviation safety. The

monitor, which is about the

size of a hand-held pager,

is designed to warn

individuals of potentially

dangerous or deteriorating

aircraft cabin pressure

altitude conditions through

audio, vibratory and visual

alarms. Licensee(s) will be

selected to commercialize

the patented invention.

• Water-Based

Electroactive/

Conducting

Polymers

Water-based electroactive/

conducting polymers will

help extend the life cycle

of structural steel used in

buildings, bridges and

marine equipment, which

will have a dramatic

economic impact in every

society. An Ohio company

is commercializing a

NASA-patented technique

to produce superior

corrosion control coatings

under a license agreement

with KSC. GeoTech

Chemical Company is

marketing the products

under the CatizeTM name.

The method KSC licensed

increases the solubility

and processing of the

polymers in an inexpensive

and environmentally safe

way.

• Command and

Control Toolkit

(CCTK)

A NASA software

technology licensed to a

Titusville company,

Command And Control

Technologies, Corp.

(CCT), is returning to KSC

to help improve systems

Technology
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that monitor NASA’s

Expendable Launch

Vehicle (ELV) Program.

CCT has announced it will

install an advanced

telemetry system to

demonstrate the benefits

of new commercial

spaceport software, based

on the company’s flagship

product, the Command

and Control ToolkitTM

(CCTK). The new system

will be deployed in NASA’s

Hangar AE, located at

Cape Canaveral Air Force

Station. The new system

will provide state-of-the-art

capabilities in telemetry,

real-time data processing,

launch data analysis, data

distribution and

visualization.

• X-1R Advanced

Lubricant

KSC and X-1R were

inducted in the Space

Technology Hall of Fame.

Sun Coast Chemicals of

Daytona Inc. is

commercializing multiple

products based on a

biodegradable, non-toxic

lubricant it originally

developed to replace the

Space Shuttle Crawler’s

standard lubricant. X-1R

led to an industrial product

line of 19 separate

specialty lubricants. The

first three industrial

products were Train Track

Lube, Penetrating Spray

Lube and Biodegradable

Hydraulic Fluid.

Ongoing

Research

Research includes new

cryogenic insulation, advanced umbilical systems,

lightning occurrence prediction, life sciences, plant

growth, and corrosion protection in coastal regions. Research is also underway to

validate plant flight hardware

for the International Space

Station, and generate technologies in support of building

biological life support systems.

Technology

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Outreach to the World

People all over the world

have taken notice of the space

program with the recent surge

of launches from KSC to the

International Space Station

(ISS). With 16 countries

participating in the construction of the ISS, millions of

people from all walks of life

feel a vested interest in the

space program and an overwhelming pride for their

country’s contribution to the

orbiting outpost.

Kennedy

Space Center

Visitor

Complex

The Visitor Complex is an

avenue for NASA to tell the

amazing journey of space

exploration, both past and

present, to millions of visitors

per year. Several new exhibits,

an Astronaut Encounter

presentation and the Early

Space Exploration exhibit at

the Dr. Kurt Debus Conference Facility opened at KSC

Visitor Center during FY 2000.

The additions represented the

final phase of a $120 million

redevelopment project by

Delaware North Parks Services of Spaceport Inc. The

new conference facility features the Early Space Exploration exhibit, which highlights

early U.S. space missions. A

second new exhibit, Exploration in the New Millennium,

showcases explorations to

Mars and beyond.

To assure funding for

future upgrades to the Visitor

Center, a new admissions

policy went into effect. An allinclusive admission ticket now

provides full and unlimited

access to the KSC bus tour,

IMAX films, Astronaut Encounter, Early Space Exploration

exhibit, Shuttle Explorer,

Robot Scouts, Universe

Theater, International Space

Station Center, Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry

and the Apollo/Saturn V

Facility.
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tion drive. These employees

registered hoping their marrow

would be a perfect match for

someone whose life depends

on this much-needed donation.

In August, KSC hosted the

annual Community Leaders

Briefing. KSC executives met

with hundreds of community

leaders from across Brevard

County and the State of

Florida about long-term viability of KSC and benefits the

space program contributes to

the community.

Community Outreach

KSC’s commitment to

reach out to help the surrounding community is apparent each year through the

overwhelming support of time,

money and energy that is

given by employees. KSC’s

contributions through the 1999

Combined Federal Campaign

exceeded its goal of $216,000,

with more than $245,000

given by KSC Civil Service

employees. During Make a

Difference Day, about 65

employees shared their time

by volunteering to read and

play with children, delivering

hot meals to the elderly, and

painting hallways at Baxley

Manor senior apartment

complex. In addition, 1,174

KSC, CCAFS and PAFB

employees joined the National

Bone Marrow Donor Program

at KSC’s third annual registra25
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One outcome of Kennedy

Space Center’s reorganization

was the consolidation of all

education programs within one

organization. The consolidation helped create synergy

necessary for the Center to

better meet the educational

needs of the community and

to meet the agency’s goal of

educational excellence. The

new education division sponsored more than 300 student

aides, interns, K-12 teachers

and faculty during the summer

of 2000. Hundreds of teachers

and students participated in

successful educational programs both on and off site.

• Lieutenant Governor Frank

Brogan and Center Director

Roy D. Bridges Jr. signed a

Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) to

document the long-term

intent to form new

partnerships with public and

private academic

institutions for development

of aerospace related

learning environments

using radical new

technologies.

• KSC sponsored nine

interactive Web casts

during FY 2000 providing

thousands of faculty and

students access to

information regarding

ongoing projects and the

Educational Outreach

opportunity to interact with

engineers and senior

management. The “landing

to launch” series

highlighted the processing

of the orbiter from the time

it lands at the Shuttle

Landing Facility through the

moment of launch. This

Internet-based program

allowed more than 20,000

students to take a virtual

tour of the facilities at KSC

and to have their questions

answered live by NASA

experts.

• The Exploration Station,

located in the Center for

Space Education,

accommodated more than

175,000 visitors including

students, teachers and

public, while the Educators

Resource Center hosted

103,057 teachers. Another

11,527 teachers benefited

from 354 educator

workshops and tours. KSC

also developed and hosted

a pilot workshop for

informal educators, 50

librarians from Brevard and

surrounding counties.

• Students from all over the

country gathered for the

second FIRST (For

Inspiration and Recognition

of Science and Technology)

regional competition at the

KSC Visitor Complex. Thirty
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teams of high school

students tested the limits of

their imagination using

robots they designed to

compete in a technological

battle against other schools’

robots.

• The Spaceflight and Life

Sciences Training

Program (SLSTP)

expanded this year

through partnering with

The Tuskegee Institute.

The program also

expanded its scope to

include international

activities and identified

SLSTP training

opportunities for foreign

students.

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• For the first time in several

years, KSC recruiters were

on college campuses

across the United States

to encourage students to

participate in a revitalized

KSC cooperational

education program. The

recruiters interviewed

potential candidates for

new engineers and

specialists for the NASA

workforce.

Educational Outreach
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Economic Impact

The work done at the

Kennedy Space Center in

Brevard County not only

benefits the space program,

but also enlarges and enhances the total Florida

economy. The effects are

broad and substantial. The

money spent on space exploration not only directly supports economic activity and

employment at Kennedy

Space Center, but also generates additional output, earnings, and jobs elsewhere in

the region through purchases

of labor, goods and services.

The federal government’s

expenditure on space exploration enlarges the local

economy by generating final

demand for labor, goods, and

services needed to operate

and maintain Kennedy Space

Center. In meeting this final

demand, NASA’s private

sector contractors employ

workers, fund payrolls, and

generate output. Workers and

contractors generate additional impacts as they spend

their incomes and place

orders with other local firms

for materials and services.

Each round of such spending

multiplies the initial change in

the government’s final demand, recirculating NASA’s

original expenditure among

Central Florida businesses

and households.

Workforce

Civil Servants 1,739

 Full-time

Skill Mix

Scientific & Engineering 60.5%

Administrative 23.0%

Technical 9.0%

Clerical 7.5%

Contractor Employees 11,484

Tenants 1,521

Total KSC Employees 14,744

23.0% 60.5%

9.0%

7.5%
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The University of Florida

has performed an Economic

Impact Study to determine

NASA’s (KSC and other

Centers, and the ancillary

operations of the Visitor

Complex and the Exchange

 Fiscal Year 2000 Brevard Central

 County Florida

Expenses $1,126 million $1,298 million

Final Demand Generated $ 827 million $ 940 million

Output of Goods & $1,249 million $1,729 million

 Services

Earnings for Private & $ 536 million $ 705 million

 Public Sector Workers

Upon request, a full report is available from the KSC Chief

Financial Office.

Economic Impact

Council) economic impact on

Brevard County and the

Central Florida region. The

main (preliminary) results are

summarized below.
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Statement of the Chief

Financial Officer

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 financial statements (unaudited) have

been prepared to report the financial position and results of

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center operation, pursuant to the

requirements of the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) Act of 1990

and the Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (GMRA).

The statements include the Statement of Financial Position and

the Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Position.

The statements have been prepared from the books and records

of NASA, in accordance with the comprehensive basis of accounting prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Bulletin 94-01, “Form and Content of Agency Financial

Statements.” The statements are different from financial reports

used to monitor and control budgetary resources, which are

prepared from the same books and records.

The statements should be read with the realization that they are

for an agency of the U.S. Government, a sovereign entity. Liabilities not covered by budgetary resources cannot be liquidated

without the enactment of an appropriation, and payment of all

liabilities, other than for contracts, can be abrogated by the

sovereign entity.

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with

Federal accounting standards. These standards are evolving

through the efforts of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory

Board (FASAB). This board includes members from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), the General Accounting Office

(GAO), and the Department of Treasury (Treasury). Currently,

NASA observes the following hierarchy of accounting standards

as required by OMB:

• Individual FASAB standards published by OMB, GAO and

Treasury;

• OMB guidance on the form and content of financial statements;

• Agency accounting guidance, which represents prevalent

practices; and

• Accounting principles published by other authoritative sources.

NASA Headquarters, which receives its funding through annual

Congressional appropriations, authorizes and funds KSC operations. KSC’s total operational expenses for FY 2000 by appropriation were:
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 Appropriation Amount

 (in thousands)

Mission Support $ 306,139

Human Space Flight 453,997

Science, Aeronautics and Technology 274,812

Construction of Facilities 1,366

Space Flight Control and Data

 Communications 46

Total Expenses $ 1,036,360

The 2000 Annual report and Financial Statements were the result

of the work of a dedicated team of professionals at KSC.

N.A. Carroll, Chief Financial Officer
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Financial Statements

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Assets: 2000 1999

Intragovernmental Assets:

 Fund Balance With Treasury (Note 2) 457,200 $ 502,299 $ 

 Accounts Receivable, Net (Note 3) 19,271 10,345 

Governmental Assets:

 Accounts Receivable, Net (Note 3) 1,104 1,630 

 Advances and Prepayments 260 510 

Property, Plant and Equipment (Note 4) 2,033,508 1,996,953 

Other Assets (Note 5) 117,560 112,684 

 Total Assets 2,629,153 $ 2,624,171 $ 

Liabilities:

Liabilities Covered by Budgetary Resources:

 Intragovernmental Liabilities:

 Accounts Payable 17,881 $ 16,092 $ 

 Other Liabilities (Note 6) 393 (143) 

 Governmental Liabilities:

 Accounts Payable 241,225 277,373

 Other Liabilities (Note 6) 13,838 12,728 

 Total 273,337 $ 306,050 $ 

Liabilities not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

 Intragovernmental Liabilities:

 Other Liabilities (Note 6) 418 $ 418 $ 

 Governmental Liabilities:

 Other Liabilities (Note 6) 13,739 15,546 

 Total 14,157 $ 15,964 $ 

 Total Liabilities 287,494 $ 322,014 $ 

Net Position (Note 7): 

 Unexpended Appropriations 204,442 $ 208,468 $ 

 Invested Capital 2,151,068 2,109,636 

 Cumulative Results of Operations 306 17

 Future Funding Requirements (14,157) (15,964) 

 Total Net Position 2,341,659 $ 2,302,157 $ 

 Total Liabilities and Net Position 2,629,153 $ 2,624,171 $ 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

Restated

John F. Kennedy Space Center

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

(321) 867-5000

www.ksc.nasa.gov
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Financial Statements

( )

2000

Revenues and Financing Sources:

Appropriated Capital Used 897,363 $ 

Revenues from Sales of Goods and Services:

 To the Public 4,747 

 Intragovernmental 134,539 

Other Revenues and Financing Sources (Note 8) 769 

Less: Receipts Transferred to Treasury (769) 

 Total Revenues and Financing Sources 1,036,649 $ 

Expenses:

Program or Operating Expenses by Appropriation: 

 Mission Support 302,216 $ 

 Human Space Flight 357,702 

 Science, Aeronautics and Technology 235,744 

 Construction of Facilities 1,366 

 Research and Development - 

 Research and Program Management - 

 Space Flight Control and Data Communications 46 

Reimbursable Expenses 139,286 

 Total Expenses 1,036,360 $ 

Total Revenues and Financing Sources 

 In Excess of Expenses $ 289

Nonoperating Changes: 

Unexpended Appropriations (Note 7) (4,026) $ 

Invested Capital (Note 7) 41,432 

Cumulative Results from Operations (note 7) 289 

Future Funding Requirements (Note 7) 1,807 

 Total Nonoperating Changes 39,502 $ 

Change in Net Position 39,502 $ 

Net Position, Beginning Balance 2,302,157

Net Position, Ending Balance $ 2,341,659

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

1999

Restated

$ 1,062,818

 4,048

 135,332

 975

 (975)

$ 1,202,198

$ 287,593

 363,892

 405,513

 2,792

 2,6347

 3

 376

 139,380

$ 1,202,196

$ 

$ 64,907

 183,204

2

 946

$ 249,059

$ 249,059

 2,053,098

$ 2,302,157

2

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Financial Statements

2. Fund Balance with Treasury:

 (In Thousands)

 Fund Balances: Obligated

Unobligated 

Available

Unobligated 

Restricted

 Appropriated Funds 398,738 $ 51,314 $ 6,465 $ 

 Deposit Funds 2

 Suspense/Clearing Accounts 681

 Total Fund Balance with Treasury $ 457,200

3. Accounts Receivable, Net:

 (In Thousands)

Entity Accounts 

Receivable

Non-Entity 

Accounts 

Receivable

Allowance for 

Uncollectible 

Receivables

 Intragovernmental 19,271 $ - $ - $ 

 Governmental 1,110 310 (316) 

 Total 20,381 $ 310 $ (316) $ 

 Non-entity accounts receivable represent amounts that will be deposited to miscellaneous 

 receipts when collected. 

4. Property, Plant and Equipment:

 (In Thousands)

2000 1999

 Government-owned/Government-held:

 Land 73,672 $ 73,672 $ 

 Structures, Facilities and Leasehold 1,390,332 1,383,596 

 Improvements

 Equipment 219,919 218,012 

 Work in Process 2,753 3,585 

 Total 1,686,676 $ 1,678,865 $ 

 Government-owned/Contractor-held:

 Structures and Facilities 7,567 $ 7,660 $ 

 Equipment 64,562 60,238 

 Special Tooling 928 980 

 Special Test Equipment 60,430 65,412 

 Space Hardware 212,551 182,864 

 Work in Process 794 934 

 Total 346,832 $ 318,088 $ 

 Total Property, Plant and Equipment 2,033,508 $ 1,996,953 $ 

 See Note 1 for further discussion on property, plant and equipment.

Unobligated 

Restricted

$ 456,517

Net Amount 

Due

$ 19,271

 1,104

$ 20,375

Change

$ 0

 6,736

 1,907

 (832)

$ 7,811

$ (93) 

 4,324

 (52)

 (4,982)

 29,687

 (140) 

$ 28,744

$ 36,555

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5. Other Assets:

 (In Thousands)

2000 1999

 Contractor-held Materials 117,560 $ 112,684 $ 

 Total 117,560 $ 112,684 $ 

6. Other Liabilities:

 (In Thousands)

 Liabilities Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Current Non-Current 

 Intragovernmental Liabilities:

 Liability for Deposit and Suspense Funds 393 $ - $ 

 Total 393 $ - $ 

 Governmental Liabilities:

 Liability for Deposit and Suspense Funds 1,943 $ - $ 

 Accrued Funded Payroll and Benefits 11,895 - 

 Total 13,838 $ - $ 

 The liability for deposit and suspense funds includes cash advances received from other 

 Government agencies and public reimbursable customers. Also included are funds on deposit 

 with the U. S. Treasury for employees' savings bonds and state tax withholdings.

 Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources:

Current Non-Current

 Intragovernmental Liabilities:

 Accounts Payable for Closed Appropriations - $ 418 $ 

 Total - $ 418 $ 

 Governmental Liabilities:

 Accounts Payable for Closed Appropriations - $ 1,249 $ 

 Contingent Liabilities - - 

 Unfunded Annual Leave - 12,490 

 Total - $ 13,739 $ 

 See Note 1 for further discussion of liabilities not covered by budgetary resources.

Change

$ 4,876

$ 4,876

 Total

$ 393 

$ 393

$ 1,943

 11,895 

$ 13,838 

 Total

$ 418

$ 418

$ 1,249

 -

 12,490

$ 13,739

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7. Net Position: Restated

 (In Thousands) 2000 1999

Appropriated 

Funds

Appropriated 

Funds

 Unexpended Appropriations:

 Undelivered 146,663 $ 153,087 $ 

 Unobligated:

 Available 51,314 43,101 

 Unavailable 6,465 12,280 

$ 208,468 204,442 $ 

 Invested Capital 2,151,068 $ 2,109,636 $ 

 Cumulative Results 306 $ $ 17

 Future Funding Requirements: 

 Annual leave (12,490) $ (12,129) $ 

 Closed appropriations (1,667) (2,559) 

 Other - (1,276) 

$ (15,964) (14,157) $ 

 Total 2,341,659 $ 2,302,157 $ 

8. Other Revenues and Financing Resources:

 (In Thousands)

2000

 General Fund Proprietary Receipts 769 $ 

 Total 769 $ 

 General Fund Proprietary Receipts represent user fees, gifts, fines or interest penalties.

Change

$ (6,424)

 8,213

 (5,815)

$ (4,026)

 41,432

$ 289 

$ (361)

 892

 1,276

$ 1,807

 39,502

1999

$ 975

$ 975

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