NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

Transcript:NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance:
NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Organizational Overview Virtually Presented at the ESA/JAXA/NASA Trilateral SMA Meeting June 16, 2021 2 PAGE Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) Strategic Objective: Support NASA’s missions and institutions in the pursuit of assurance objectives: Protect the public, workforce, high-value property, and the orbital and planetary environments from potential harm. Establish confidence in crew safety and mission success. Uphold a robust Safety Culture that values and pursues technical and organizational excellence. Strategic Priorities: Evolve Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) policy and capabilities in support of NASA’s missions and national policies. Advance organizational and technical excellence across the Agency. Maintain support and oversight functions to enable the safe and successful accomplishment of NASA’s missions. Office of Safety and Mission Assurance 3 PAGE OSMA vs. Center Mission Assurance Roles OSMA: Lead SMA Technical Authority (TA). Manage SMA capability leadership. Review and assess the “big three” (Planetary Protection, Orbital Debris mitigation, Nuclear Flight Safety). Center SMA Organizations: Matrix support for Programs and Projects. Program- and Project-Level TA. Other Organizations: Office of the Chief Engineer: Space traffic management and mission security. Full NASA organizational structure at https://www.nasa.gov/about/org_index.html. Mr. Russ DeLoach Chief, SMA Hot Topics 4 PAGE 5 PAGE Addressing the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad Next-generation Earth System Observatory. Sustainable flight national partnerships for highly efficient aircraft. University research on zero-emissions aviation. Driving Economic Growth Spur a growing Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) economy, anchored by the ISS. Ensure American leadership in the emerging air mobility market, worth up to $115 billion a year by 2035. Use X-planes (X-57, X-59) to maintain America’s lead in industry with over $1.7 trillion in U.S. economic impact. Broaden focus on cross-cutting space technologies that will support creating good jobs in a growing space industry. Designate over $280 million in direct investment for small business innovative research and technology transfer. Landing first woman and first person of color on the Moon. Broadening participation by historically underserved communities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in NASA grants. Biden Administration’s Direction NASA Fiscal Year 2022 Request Directly Supports Administration Priorities Source: http://nasa.gov/budget. 6 PAGE Recent U.S. space policy provides guidelines for the promotion of a robust commercial space industry: Directs NASA to “lead an innovative and sustainable program of scientific discovery, technology development, and space exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and