Project's systems Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 73 Receiving/processing telemetry Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 45 Project testbeds Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 68 Payloads Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 74 Aircraft / Spacecraft The aircraft or spacecraft that serves as the platform for carrying payload(s), instrument(s), humans, and other mission-oriented equipment in space or air to the mission destination(s) to achieve the mission objectives. The aircraft or spacecraft may be a single aircraft or spacecraft or multiple crafts/modules (i.e. cruise stage, orbiter, lander, or rover modules). Each craft/module of the system includes the following subsystems as appropriate: Crew, Power, Command & Data Handling, Telecommunications, Mechanical, Thermal, Propulsion, Guidance Navigation and Control, Wiring Harness, and Flight Software. This element also includes all design, development, production, assembly, test efforts and associated GSE to deliver the completed system for integration with the launch vehicle and payload. This element does not include integration and test with payloads and other project systems. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 31 Other associated launch services Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 57 Propulsion Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 38 Orbit determination Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 48 Launch vehicle Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 54 Guidance Navigation and Control Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 39 Trajectory analysis Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 47 Informal education Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 81 Disposal of remaining mission resources Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 52 Science / Technology This element includes the managing, directing, and controlling of the science investigation aspects, as well as leading, managing, and performing the technology demonstration elements of the Project. The costs incurred to cover the Principal Investigator, Project Scientist, science team members, and equivalent personnel for technology demonstrations are included. Specific responsibilities include defining the science or demonstration requirements; ensuring the integration of these requirements with the payloads, aero-craft/spacecraft; ground systems, mission operations; providing the algorithms for data processing and analyses; and performing data analysis and archiving. This element excludes hardware and software for on-board science investigative instruments / payloads. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 25 Software engineering Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 7 Launch operations Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 56 Systems Integration and Testing This element includes the hardware, software, procedures and project-owned facilities required to perform the integration and testing of the project's systems, payloads, aircraft / spacecraft, launch vehicle / services, and mission operations. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 72 Education and Public Outreach Provide for the education and public outreach (EPO) responsibilities of NASA's missions, projects, and programs in alignment with the Strategic plan for Education (Includes management and coordinated activities, formal education, informal education, public outreach, media support, and web site development). Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 78 Specialty engineering Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 8 Mechanical Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 36 Integrated test planning Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 11 Design Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 60 Maneuver analysis Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 49 Configuration control Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 13 Power Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 33 Payload This element includes the equipment provided for special purposes in addition to the normal equipment (i.e. GSE) integral to the aero-craft or spacecraft. This includes leading, managing, and implementing the hardware and software payloads that perform the scientific experimental and data gathering functions placed on board the aero-craft or spacecraft, as well as the technology demonstration for the mission. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 30 System requirements writing Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 12 Thermal Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 37 Tracking Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 43 Human rating Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 9 Work Breakdown Structure WBS Approved Descriptor 2007-01-16 2007-01-16 87 Technical oversight Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 14 Development Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 61 Command & Data Handling Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 34 Non-project owned facilities Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 4 Telemetry and Radiometric data Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 65 Project Management The business and administrative planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, and approval processes used to accomplish overall Project objectives, which are not associated with specific hardware or software elements. This element includes project reviews and documentation (including NEPA), non-project owned facilities, and project reserves. It excludes costs associated with technical planning and management, and costs associated with delivering specific engineering, hardware and software products. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 1 Wiring Harness Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 40 Crew Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 32 Providing the algorithms for data processing and analyses Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 28 Ground System(s) The complex of equipment, hardware, software, networks, and mission-unique facilities required to conduct mission operations of the aero-craft or spacecraft systems and payloads. This complex includes the computers, communications, operating systems, and networking equipment needed to interconnect and host the Mission Operations software. This element includes the design, development, implementation, integration, test and the associated support equipment of the ground system, including the hardware and software needed for processing, archiving and distributing telemetry and radiometric data and for commanding the aeronautical or space craft. Also includes the operations, maintenance, and disposal of the project testbeds and project-owned facilities. This element does not include integration and test with the other project systems and conducting mission operations. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 58 Planning (Organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling) Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 2 Web site development Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 84 Public outreach Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 82 Safety assessment Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 23 Systems Engineering The technical and management efforts of directing and controlling an integrated engineering effort for the project. This element includes the efforts to define the project vehicle - ground system, conducting trade studies; the integrated planning and control of the technical program efforts of design engineering, software engineering, specialty engineering, human rating, system architecture development, and integrated test planning, system requirements writing, configuration control, technical oversight, control and monitoring of the technical program, and risk management activities. Documentation Products include mission/system requirements document (MSRD); interface control documents (ICDs); Risk Management Plan and Verification and Validation (V&V) Plan. Excludes any design engineering costs. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 6 Commanding Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 44 Approval processes Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 3 System architecture development Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 10 Mission Operations System The management of the development and implementation of personnel, procedures, documentation and training required to conduct mission operations. This element includes tracking, commanding, receiving/processing telemetry, analyses of system status, trajectory analysis, orbit determination, maneuver analysis, target body orbit/ephemeris updates, logistics, and disposal of remaining mission resources at end-of-mission. The same WBS structure is used for Phase E Mission Operation Systems but with inactive elements defined as ""not applicable"". However, different accounts must be used for Phase E due to NASA cost reporting requirements. This element does not include integration and test with the other project systems. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 42 Review and verification of practices and procedures Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 24 Safety and Mission Assurance The technical and management efforts of directing and controlling the safety and mission assurance elements of the project. This element includes design, development, safety assessment, review, and verification of practices and procedures and mission success criteria intended to assure that the delivered aero-craft/spacecraft, ground systems, mission operations, and payload(s) meet performance requirements and function for their intended lifetimes. This element excludes mission and product assurance efforts at partners/ subcontractors other than a review/oversight function, and the direct costs of environmental testing. Product assurance efforts should be distributed to each separate product/deliverable WBS element. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 20 Target body orbit/ephemeris updates Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 50 Test and the associated support equipment Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 64 Analyses of system status Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 46 Launch vehicle integration Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 55 Logistics Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 51 Distributing Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 67 Project reserves. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 5 Risk management Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 16 Archiving Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 66 Flight Software Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 41 Media support Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 83 Formal education Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 80 Maintenance Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 70 Flight Systems and Ground Support FSGS Approved Descriptor 2007-01-16 2007-01-16 2007-01-16 85 Telecommunications Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 35 Interface control documents (ICDs) Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 18 Integration Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 63 Management and coordinated activities Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 79 Ground System Hardware and Software Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 59 Disposal Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 71 Defining the science or demonstration requirements Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 26 Performing data analysis and archiving. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 29 Control and monitoring of the technical program Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 15 Mission operations Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 77 Implementation Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 62 Launch Vehicle / Services The management and implementation of activities required to place the aircraft or spacecraft directly into its operational environment, or on a trajectory towards its intended target. This element includes launch vehicle; launch vehicle integration; launch operations; any other associated launch services (frequently includes an upper-stage propulsion system), and associated ground support equipment. This element doesn't include the integration and test with the other project systems. Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2007-01-16 76 Operations Provisional Descriptor 2006-12-22 2006-12-22 69