Robert Hanley
2016-10-03
There was no one really looking at the whole space network. We haven’t had to communicate with a crewed vehicle on the other side of the moon since the ‘70s. We had to make sure that architecture was in place again. The lead architecture for that function is in FOD because we have the expertise to do it.
We’ve done it with shuttle a gazillion times, and you get into low earth orbit. No problem! We had the space station up there. We’re now getting ready to go to the moon. How do we talk to them now? It’s a “can you hear me now” kind of thing.” We’re making sure that all of that is in place. We need to utilize our ground sites, our LOE space network, and our deep space network.
You use your experience to help people that are trying to figure out a problem, and you can say “Hey, back in the Space Shuttle Program, here’s how we did it. You may want to look at that.” Because you don’t want to completely re-learn every lesson.
We’ve done it with shuttle a gazillion times, and you get into low earth orbit. No problem! We had the space station up there. We’re now getting ready to go to the moon. How do we talk to them now? It’s a “can you hear me now” kind of thing.” We’re making sure that all of that is in place. We need to utilize our ground sites, our LOE space network, and our deep space network.
You use your experience to help people that are trying to figure out a problem, and you can say “Hey, back in the Space Shuttle Program, here’s how we did it. You may want to look at that.” Because you don’t want to completely re-learn every lesson.