Revell 04736 Space Shuttle Discovery & Booster Rockets 1:144 Scale Unbuilt/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit, Multi-color, 59.5 x 36.4 x 6.5 centimetres

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The Space Shuttle program used the HAL/S programming language. [10] The first microprocessor used was the 8088 and later the 80386. The Space Shuttle orbiter avionics computer was the IBM AP-101.

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Being a busy student, I made this at home at night times and weekends after completing homework. This project taught me many skills that I was able to incorporate into my other activities from school such as Science Olympiad and Robotics. In addition, I was able to demo the model at an exhibit to generate publicity about the importance of recycling. It’s not that simple,” Buchbinder said. “A probabilistic way of thinking is not something that most people are attuned to. We don’t know what will happen precisely each time. We can only say what is likely to happen a certain percentage of the time.” Unless engineers and managers become familiar with probability theory, they don ’t know what to make of “large uncertainties that represent the state of current knowledge,” he said. “And that is no comfort to the poor decision-maker who wants a simple answer to the question, ‘Is this system safe enough? ’”In 1969, United States Vice President Spiro Agnew chaired the National Aeronautics and Space Council, which discussed post- Apollo options for human space activities. [1] The recommendations of the Council would heavily influence the decisions of the administration. The Council considered four major options: A great project to do if you are interested in stretching the limits of your abilities and learning new or honing your skills.

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Two designs emerged as front-runners. One was designed by engineers at the Manned Spaceflight Center, and championed especially by George Mueller. This was a two-stage system with delta-winged spacecraft, and generally complex. An attempt to re-simplify was made in the form of the DC-3, designed by Maxime Faget, who had designed the Mercury capsule among other vehicles. Numerous offerings from a variety of commercial companies were also offered but generally fell by the wayside as each NASA lab pushed for its own version. Lytle, P. J. (August 15, 1981). "Current Status of the HAL/S Compiler on the Modcomp Classic 7870 Computer". In Renzetti, N. A. (ed.). The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report 42-64 (PDF) (Technical report). JPL, NASA. p.232. hdl: 2060/19810022557. NASA-CR-164695. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2023 . Retrieved August 1, 2023. Risk assessments conducted during design and operation: preliminary hazards analysis; failure modes and effects analysis with critical items list; various safety assessments, all qualitative at the system level, but with quantitative analyses conducted for specific subsystems. Other outcomes: redesign of booster joint and other shuttle subsystems that also had a high level of risk or unanticipated failures; reassessment of critical items.Wade, Mark. "Shuttle". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016 . Retrieved November 12, 2017. About 1700 design changes were made in the components and subsystems of the space shuttle between the Challenger accident of January 1986 and the launch of the next shuttle, Discovery, in September 1988. Some areas of the shuttle, however, still present significant risk. (Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Lessons learned: in design, to use probabilistic risk assessment more in evaluating and assigning priorities to risks; in operation, to establish certain launch commit criteria that cannot be waived by anyone.