NASA

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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
(MSFC) Infrastructure challenges and plans 20
NOV 2008
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New Era
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NASA 101

• FY09 Agency Budget 17.6 Billion
• (less than 1 of federal budget)
• Space Shuttle / Space Station
• International commitments w/ ISS
• 6-8 more shuttle missions (2010 to 2012)
• Science
• 55 science mission currently in space (15
  additional planned by end of 2009)
• Upcoming Lunar missions
• Hubble
• James Webb Telescope
• Exploration
• Ares I
• Ares V
• Aeronautics research
• FAA software
• Advances in aeronautics
• COTS

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NASA 101 (10 healthy centers policy)
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NASA (est. 1958)
THEN (1958) to toys and buildings New
infrastructure 4 of national budget Space race
NOW (2008) mainly for toys Old
infrastructure lt1 of national budget Space
vacations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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New Mission
NOW (2008)With over 80 of our buildings being
40 yrs old We must maintain or create a
healthy, low risk infrastructure / facilities
in order to support our mission.
NASA explores for answers that power our future.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA (est. 1958)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Facility Strategy Investment Options -
recapitalize facilities to provide critical
capabilities to support NASAs mission
Option C
Option A
Option B
Option D
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MSFC

• So what now
• for
• Marshall Space Flight Center?

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MSFC 101

• MSFC comprises 1,841 acres
• 241 buildings 4.5 million sq ft gross
• Roughly 7000 people

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MSFC Physical Plant
OM small repair/replacements Large gt500k
projects
CALIBRATION Instruments - 34,000 Calibrations -
25,000 Repairs - 1,200 Pickup/Delivery - 15,600
ELECTRICAL Motors - 14,000 Cable - 189
miles Generators - 62
OTHER Mobile Equipment - 762 units Elevators -
54 Cranes - 239
STEAM Pipe - 8 miles Valves - 3000 Traps -
500 Boilers - 26 Pressure Reduce Stations -
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HVAC Cooling Towers - 20 Chillers - 40 Air
Handler Units 604 Heating/Ventilating Units -
137 Packaging/Condensing Units - 299 Air
Conditioning - 16,586 Tons
PRESSURANT PROPELLANTS Pipelines - 38
Miles Cryogenic Storage Capacity - 1.45M
Gal. Gases Storage Capacity - 80,000 Cu.
Ft. Pressure Relief Devices - 1,500

• AREA
• Acreage - 1,841 acres
• Paved area - 1.214M Sq. Yd.

WATER/SEWAGE H.P. Industrial Water Pipe - 7
miles Industrial Waste Water Treatment
Facility 20,000 gal. per day capacity
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NASA 101 (CoF)

• CoF MILCON
• Institutional vs. Programmatic (think Civil vs.
  Military)
• NASA CoF threshold is for projects gt500k

agency 125M (for new construction)

• Ames Research Center
• Dryden Flight Research Center
• Glenn Research Center
• Goddard Space Flight Center
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Johnson Space Center
• Kennedy Space Center
• Langley Research Center
• Marshall Space Flight Center
• Stennis Space Center

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MSFC New Buildings planned through FY15
LEED Silver
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MAF
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The FUTURE....
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Future MSFC Lunar outpost
Lunar Master Plan
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Future Site of MSFC Mars Field Laboratory
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Mars Master Plan
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