Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2016-11-16 to 2017-10-31
Current total value of award: $167913
Description: "NESC (NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING & SAFETY CENTER) INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) BLOCK 1 PRELAUNCH, LIFTOFF, AND ASCENT GUST METHODOLOGY AND LOADS " - THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE SLS, GSDO MOBILE LAUNCHER, AND ORION MPCV VEHICLES PRE-LAUNCH, LIFTOFF, AND ASCENT GUST LOADS, USING TOOLS DEVELOPED BY INDEPENDENT COUPLED LOADS CONTRACTORS.  COMPARISONS WILL BE MADE TO THE SLS DESIGN ANALYSIS CYCLE (DAC) 3R OR VAC 1 ANALYSES.  STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTANT LOADS IS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ASSESSMENT AND WILL HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM IF THE CURRENT PROGRAMS DESIGN LOADS ARE FOUND TO BE DISCREPANT.  FURTHER, RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CURRENT PROGRAMS LOADS AND THOSE DETERMINED BY THIS ASSESSMENT IS ALSO NOT WITHIN SCOPE AND WILL REQUIRE A FOLLOW-ON TASK