Question

Research the flight operations methodologies used at NASA. Relate what you learned to the practice of system administration.

Answer 1

The exact methodologies used for flight operations by NASA are

• Plan
  Spaceflight Timelines
  Orbital Flight and Trajectories
  Spacecraft Monitoring System Parameters
  Spacecraft Design for Operations Considerations
• Train
  Flight Crews for Spacewalks
  Flight Crews for Spacecraft Systems
  Spaceflight Simulation Systems
• Fly
  Real-Time Spaceflight Anomaly Risk Analysis
  Spacecraft Control Systems for Mission Control
  Worldwide Spacecraft Communications Network
  Flight Procedures and Check List

Each and every mission is first planned to the fullest then the people are chosen for concerned task and trained for all possible situations, and finally, the operation is executed.

System administration deals with managing of one or more systems with ultimate goal of ensuring that the systems are running efficiently and effectively. The system administration can be network, or database, or security or technical support administration. In all the above types three methodologies are common viz., plan - train - execute