Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Volume 4 Index
Hearings of the Presidential
Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 6, 1986
to February 25, 1986
FEBRUARY 6, 1986 SESSION [part 2 of
2]
[Ref. 2/6-153]
[187] FLIGHT
READINESS
- PRIOR TO EVERY FLIGHT (APPROXIMATELY 1
WEEK), THE SHUTTLE ELEMENT, FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND CARGO MANAGERS
ARE REQUIRED TO ENDORSE THE COMMITMENT OF FLIGHT READINESS (COFR)
TO THE NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPACE FLIGHT AT THE FLIGHT
READINESS REVIEW (FRR)
- THE RESPONSIBLE PROJECT/ELEMENT MANAGERS
CONDUCT PRE-FRR'S WITH THEIR CONTRACTORS, CENTER MANAGEMENT, AND
WITH THE LEVEL 11 MANAGER
- FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW (FRR)
CONTENT
- OVERALL STATUS PLUS ESTABLISH THE
BASELINE CONFIGURATION IN TERMS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE
THE LAST MISSION
- REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RESOLVED PROBLEMS
SINCE LAST REVIEW, AND SIGNIFICANT FLIGHT ANOMALIES FROM
PREVIOUS FLIGHT
- REVIEW ALL OPEN ITEMS AND CONSTRAINTS
REMAINING TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE MISSION
- PRESENT ALL NEW WAIVERS SINCE THE LAST
FLIGHT
- OPEN ACTIONS FROM THE FRR ARE ASSIGNED TO
RESPECTIVE PROJECT/ELEMENT MANAGER AND CLOSEOUT OF ACTION MUST BE
COMPLETED NO LATER THAN THE L-1 DAY REVIEW
- ACTION CLOSEOUT IS REVIEWED AT L-1 DAY
REVIEW WITH FORMAL SIGNOFF BY THE AA-OSF
- COMMIT TO FLIGHT IS REAFFIRMED AT L-1
DAY REVIEW
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