[sci.space.shuttle] Shuttle Procedures Manual

shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) (05/07/90)

In article <344.26423266@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG> Mark.Perew@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG (Mark Perew) writes:

   The [USAF] dash-one manuals contain the instructions for configuring the
   plane for flight, in flight procedures, emergency procedures, etc.

   Is there a functional equivalent to the dash-one for the Shuttle?

Yes.  I don't know its title, but you will occasionally see the Mission
Controller with one.  I have a few pages copied from it for some stuff
that I was working on.

However, I believe that they use flight cards on the Shuttle missions.
Since each mission is different and each Shuttle is different, it's
better to generate a set of procedures and checklists cards for each
flight.  This would essentially be a specific "Dash-1" for each
flight.  You may remember discussions of sending new flight cards to
the Shuttle during missions.

Incidentally, the US Navy equivalent of the Dash-1 is the NATOPS manual.
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Mary Shafer  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
         NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                   Of course I don't speak for NASA