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Lessons Learned - Quality Assurance Access to Critical Areas, Management

contributor authorNASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
date accessioned2017-09-04T16:12:28Z
date available2017-09-04T16:12:28Z
date copyright08/16/1993
date issued1993
identifier otherSPAEQCAAAAAAAAAA.pdf
identifier urihttps://yse.yabesh.ir/std/handle/yse/75737
description abstractDescription of Driving Event:
The Hubble Space Telescope did not perform to the requirements of the contract. A spherical aberration was attributed to the spacing between the field lens and the lower mirror of the reflective null corrector. Note that the reflective null corrector is not a part of the HST but is special test equipment used to verify the curvature of the primary mirror, and to aid in the shaping of the telescope mirrors. It was concluded that the problems would likely have been discovered by quality assurance and design oversight if these functions had been conducted in acccordance with the product assurance plan. It was decided to depart from the plan and exclude quality oversight (with the consent of QA) in some areas. There were other problems, which were not as drastic as the spherical aberration which probably would have been discovered also. These problems led to considerable embarrassment to NASA, expenditure of additional funds to determine the cause and plan for on-orbit repair, and a reduced scientific return.
languageEnglish
titleNASA-LLIS-0332num
titleLessons Learned - Quality Assurance Access to Critical Areas, Managementen
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page2
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treeNASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):;1993
contenttypefulltext
subject keywordsSafety & Mission Assurance


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