A Development of Logistics Management Models for the Space Transportation System
ResearchPublished 1983
This report identifies the characteristics of logistics system capability assessment and stockage optimization methods that reflect the unique nature of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Space Transportation System's (STS) launch and recovery cycle. It presents the mathematical foundations of approaches to such methods and demonstrates their feasibility in the context of NASA's and the U.S. Air Force's need to develop a sound, well-formulated logistics support strategy for the STS program.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1983
- Pages: 98
- Document Number: R-3083-NASA
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Carrillo, Manuel J., Thomas F. Lippiatt, John Abell, and Stephen E. Jacobsen, A Development of Logistics Management Models for the Space Transportation System, RAND Corporation, R-3083-NASA, 1983. As of August 26, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3083.html
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Carrillo, Manuel J., Thomas F. Lippiatt, John Abell, and Stephen E. Jacobsen, A Development of Logistics Management Models for the Space Transportation System. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1983. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3083.html.
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