NONFLIGHT EQUIPMENT REMOVAL VERIFICATION EMPLOYING IR (NERVE)

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO STUDY NASA LAUNCH SITE NONFLIGHTHARDWARE REMOVALS AND VERIFICATION OF SAME, ELIMINATION OF NONFLIGHT STREAMERS, LOG MAINTENANCE, AND PARTS CONTROL LOGS. A (NERVE) WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO THE PROTOTYPE STAGE FOR POSITIVE VERIFICATION OF NONFLIGHT HARDWARE REMOVALS DURING CLOSEOUT INSPECTIONS AND THE ELIMINATION OF MANUAL PAPERWORK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. THE (NERVE) SYSTEM COMPRISES AN INTELLIGENT MINIATURE INFRA-RED TRANSCEIVER WITH SUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION. A BATTERY OPERATED SENSOR READER UNIT FOR TRANSMITTING, RECEIVING AND RECORDING NONFLIGHT HARDWARE DATA, A RS 232 PORT TO TRANSFER DATA TO A HUB COMPUTER WHICHWILL MAINTAIN THE NONFLIGHT HARDWARE STATUS SUCH AS LOGS AND PARTS CONTROL. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF PHASE I ARE THE DEFINITION OF USER REQUIREMENTS AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF A PROTOTYPE (NERVE) SYSTEM. PHASE I WORK WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE II.