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  2. The Power of 10: Rules for Developing Safety-Critical Code

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    The ten rules are: [1] Avoid complex flow constructs, such as goto and recursion. All loops must have fixed bounds. This prevents runaway code. Avoid heap memory allocation after initialization. Restrict functions to a single printed page. Use a minimum of two runtime assertions per function. Restrict the scope of data to the smallest possible.

  3. Launch status check - Wikipedia

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    For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center, the NASA Test Director (NTD) performed this check via a voice communications link with other NASA personnel. The NTD was the leader of the shuttle test team responsible for directing and integrating all flight crew, orbiter, external tank/solid rocket booster and ...

  4. Tire Assault Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The TAV was developed by David Carrott, a Planning Research Corporation (PRC) employee under contract to NASA. [2] It survived its service as a test vehicle, and as of 2017 was on display at the NASA Armstrong Gift Shop at Edwards Air Force Base. [1] As of 2023, Tamiya is still advertising a version of the model kit used to build the TAV. [1] [3]

  5. Preserve America - Wikipedia

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    [1] Executive Order 13287, "Preserve America", signed by President Bush on March 3, 2003, established a federal policy to provide leadership in preserving the nation's heritage by actively advancing the protection, enhancement, and contemporary use of historic properties owned by the federal government. The order encourages federal agencies to ...

  6. NASA Environmental Management System - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Management System (EMS) of NASA was developed [when?] under the standards of the ISO 14001. In creating the EMS it was necessary to provide maximum flexibility to each centers of NASA while living up to the standards of the ISO 14001, along with the "Executive Order 13148". The system was designed to benefit by "increased ...

  7. Satellite Catalog Number - Wikipedia

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    The Satellite Catalog Number (SATCAT), also known as NORAD Catalog Number, NORAD ID, USSPACECOM object number, is a sequential nine-digit number assigned by the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), and previously the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), in the order of launch or discovery to all artificial objects in the orbits of Earth and those that left Earth's orbit. [1]

  8. Z series space suits - Wikipedia

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    NASA has been running a series of tests on the Z-1. According to a NASA report there have been two parts of the testing: (1) characterize the suit performance to down selection of components for the planned Z-2 Space Suit and (2) "develop interfaces with the suitport and exploration vehicles through pressurized suit evaluations." [7]

  9. Saturn V instrument unit - Wikipedia

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    Brandner, F.W. "Technical Information Summary Concerning Saturn Vehicle SA-2". NASA MSFC Memo dated 5 April 1962. TMX 51831. 16 pages. Available online: PDF Describes the Saturn guidance system before the IU. "Results of the Fourth Saturn IB Launch Vehicle Test Flight AS-204". NASA MSFC, 5 April 1968. 365 pages. MPR-SAT-FE-68-2. NASA TM X-61111.