Crew Exploration Vehicle Avionics Integration Laboratory

NASA – CAIL

Basic Program:

Function:

To house the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and Avionics Integration Lab (CAIL)
To connect with on-site / off-site Constellation Program facilities
To accommodate (at least)
Phase 1: 74 people
Master Plan: 150 people
Does not include technicians
NASA CAIL updated headcount after work session:
Phase 1: 87 (10 Technicians)
Master Plan: 174 (20 Technicians)
To support three shifts for every 5 days
To run twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
To provide parking
To accommodate VIP and public visitor tours (provide observation room)
To provide a break room for 15 people
To consider technicians in lab area
To provide office / work area per employee in test area (15 employees per shift for operators)
To have storage area for in process / long-term shipping
To provide overhead cranes for full-length space craft
To stage raised floor installation
To provide roll-up exterior door
To consider entry options for large components

Form:

To be sited near Building 44
To avoid interference with existing satellite, radio, and laser communication pathways
To determine optimum utility distribution
To have 75’ Stand-Off zone for security
To provide clean environment
Class 100,000
Stable for 24 month period
To achieve optimum environment during 24 month formal test period

To consider humidity control
50% RH
To consider temperature
62-65 degrees F
To be compatible with Building 20

To provide high quality and building standard
To have a laboratory look and feel
To have clean and reliable power

Program Breakdown:

Break Room (Coffee, sink, refrigerator, tables, recycling, seating, vending machines, microwave.)

500 sf

Closed Office (Private office for Branch Chief, Deputy Branch Chief, Admin Officer, Tech Asst- lead per Branch, Division Chief, Deputy Division Chief.)

3,033 sf

Conference Room (Teleconference and videoconference requirements, projector, projection screen, credenza. Can be located to be a VIP viewing room for flight system rigs.)

600 sf

Control Room (2) (Control room layout for 10. Req. views to Flight System Rigs.)

1180 sf each

Copy/Print/Fax Room (Equipment storage and counter space)

120 sf

Elevator (Combined passenger/freight elevator)

Basic Dimensions

Flight System (2) (High Bay area, raised floor with roll up door. Req. views to control room)

2,176 sf each

Lobby (Lobby)

300 sf

Main Electrical Room (Electrical room)

400 sf

MPOE and LAN/PBX (Total of 3 rooms: MPOE and one LAN/PBX on Level 1 and one LAN/PBX on Level 2.

108 sf each

Open Office (Workstation for projects teams and staff)

9,424 sf

Pump Room (Area for pumps)

400 sf

Transition/Staging (Equipment will be unboxed and tested here prior to installation. Door height must allow for computer racks to pass under with out obstruction.)

1,000 sf

Secure Test Station (Test area, one door to facility with entry protection, no windows.)

400 sf

Storage (Storage for incoming equipment and boxes)

2,000 sf

Technical Space (Workroom for technicians. Room should have workstations for 10 people with a workbench in the center of the room.)

1,000 sf

Service Room 1&2 (Contains following functions: Test execution, Test Support, Data Capture, Data Storage and Emulators. Computer room with racks and workstation at end of each run of racks. Req. view and access to flight system. Door heights must allow for computer racks to enter.)

3,162 sf each

Toilets (Restrooms)

800 sf

Total:

26,603 sf