Former Employee at KSC

[Jim Poston]

Hello from Colorado's San Luis Valley!

I spent twenty-some years at Kennedy Space Center and was fortunate to work with some great people on a great program!

I found this website by doing a Google search for 'S0014 (Flight Readiness Firing)'. ("S0004", "V1017", "V1184" anybody? )

I look forward to perusing this site, learning and re-learning facts about the space program (STS, Apollo, SpaceX, and more), and perhaps recalling the memories with others who post here.

"We are 'Go' for main engine start!"

-Jim

 

[Donamy]

Jim !!

 

[Urwumpe]

Welcome Jim! :tiphat:

I found this website by doing a Google search for 'S0014 (Flight Readiness Firing)'. ("S0004", "V1017", "V1184" anybody? )

You should have a talk with DaveS here. I am almost sure, he knows what all those procedures are without looking at a cheat sheet.

 

[TMac3000]

People with real space experience are a special treat here on OF:thumbup:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

You should have a talk with DaveS here. I am almost sure, he knows what all those procedures are without looking at a cheat sheet.

Yes, I think heightened security might be in order if he ever visits one of the museums holding a space shuttle. I can just see the loading doors at the back rolling open right now :facepalm:

good sir, and I must explain the local custom for you. If you simply hail the probe, all Orbinauts will welcome you with open arms. It works like this:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Welcome to the forum Jim!

 

[garyw]

I found this website by doing a Google search for 'S0014 (Flight Readiness Firing)'. ("S0004", "V1017", "V1184" anybody? )

DaveS is your man for that but I know that S0004 is the countdown timeline/procedure. I assume that the other two are similar process steps for shuttle work?

Welcome to the forum!

 

[DaveS]

Hello from Colorado's San Luis Valley!

I spent twenty-some years at Kennedy Space Center and was fortunate to work with some great people on a great program!

I found this website by doing a Google search for 'S0014 (Flight Readiness Firing)'. ("S0004", "V1017", "V1184" anybody? )

I look forward to perusing this site, learning and re-learning facts about the space program (STS, Apollo, SpaceX, and more), and perhaps recalling the memories with others who post here.

"We are 'Go' for main engine start!"

-Jim

Welcome! Always happy to have real space techs/engineers here! Given your background, you might be interested in keeping an close on this project: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55

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DaveS is your man for that but I know that S0004 is the countdown timeline/procedure. I assume that the other two are similar process steps for shuttle work?

Welcome to the forum!

S0004(pronounced "sue 4") is actually Orbiter/ET mating procedures. S0007(pronounced "sue 7") is Launch Countdown. There's five different sections of S0007 with S0007.200 being the actual launch countdown while .100 is pre-ops and preparations and .300, .400 and .500 is scrub turnaround/abort/securing ops.

 

[Jim Poston]

Wow!

As the title says -- 'Wow!' and thanks for all the greetings!

I knew at least one 'DaveS' at Kennedy - a Mid-body Planner and an LA Dodgers fan! - and he's right on the Shuttle procedure nomenclature.

The "S" prefix was for "Shuttle" [the combined Orbiter, External Tank and Solid Rocket Booster assembly], "V" was for "Vehicle" (or the Orbiter itself), "B" for "Booster", and "T" for "Tank".

I don't recall the prefixes for the Ground Support Equipment (GSE)* documents; perhaps DaveS or someone can remind me.

(*There were/are SO many acronyms used on the Shuttle program, e.g., "PR", "OMRSD", "EPDC", so if I lapse into an abbreviation that is not well known, please let me know.)

Y'all take care,

-Jim

 

[Star Voyager]

Great to see a fellow former Space Coast resident!

 

[Ripley]

Welcome Jim!
It's a pleasure to have you on board!!

 

[Pipcard]

When I grow up, I want to work in the space industry.

 

[Capt_hensley]

Welcome Jim, My dad Bill Hensley, worked at NASA at Edwards AFB Ca, for 23 years. He was on the R&D through STS-4 as a member of the Loads Lab, and later the Blue Control room. From X-15 through X-29 he really enjoyed his time at NASA.

Welcome aboard

Hail

 

[n122vu]

to the forum! Indeed, great to have someone with experience in the industry on board!

 

[Bloodworth]

Welcome to the forum Jim. You are in good company here

 

[DaveS]

I knew at least one 'DaveS' at Kennedy - a Mid-body Planner and an LA Dodgers fan! - and he's right on the Shuttle procedure nomenclature.

Well, I'm not that particular "DaveS", I'm just an very devoted Shuttle researcher who has specialized in KSC GSE research. You don' happen to know the procedure number for orbiter rollover do you? I know that rollout from the VAB to the pad was A5214.

 

[Jim Poston]

Yes!! A5214!!

Oh, man - it's all coming back now!!

A5214 was indeed the Pad rollout procedure, and so many times I stopped at an appropriate distance from the Shuttle stack just to watch these magnificent machines make their way slowly from the VAB to the ocean-side launch site.

I believe S0004 was the procedure for 'Orbiter Tow and Mate" - going from the OPF to the VAB and rotating the Orbiter to the vertical position using the 175-ton and 250-ton (now 325-tons?) overhead cranes.

(I found this link via Google: http://edgd.asee.org/conferences/proceedings/GaryGodfrey.pdf . I haven't read it in detail, but it seems to have some pretty good illustrations of what goes on once the Orbiter reaches the transfer aisle.)

Note: There were a lot of subtasks to the major procedures. For example, for A5214, not only were there vehicle procedures, the VAB, the Pad, support equipment, and everything had their own documentation to make sure all the 'i's were dotted and 't's were crossed. There were all sorts of pre-test procedures we had to take care of, like open item [document] reviews, constraints lists (make sure A, B, and C were done before proceeding), call-to-stations, etc. Pretty fascinating stuff for a kid from Rhode Island!

For 'pipcard': May I say that life is short, so set your mind to attain whatever goals you have and focus your education in that direction. SpaceX and many other companies - including international organizations - are working on the future...right now. And even though I'm a 'Shuttle Hugger' , I was fascinated to witness the 'Seven Minutes of Terror' experienced by the 'Curiosity' Mar Lander when it landed last year.

More later, and probably in a more fitting location than 'Meet & Greet'?

Y'all take care,

-Jim

 

[Lucy]

to the forums, Jim! Always a treat to have spaceflight personnel onboard, whatever capacity that may have been in.

 

[N_Molson]

Welcome to the Forums !

 

[I00I]

Welcome Jiim,
Glad to have u aboard..