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Our office is the Responsible Center For NASA-Wide Aerospace Fluids
Acquisition and Management. We provide NASA the most cost effective and reliable
sources of liquid propellants, gases, and special aerospace fluids. Specific
expertises are:
- Leadership in acquisition of aerospace fluids under the Consolidated
Contracting Initiative for bulk helium, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, and execution of other technical and administrative contract
support
- Core technical expertise in cryogens, gases, hypergols, hydrocarbons,
and special aerospace fluids
- Knowledge of market conditions affecting availability and costs of required
fluids
- Monitor new program fluid requirements, assess the impacts to current
supply sources, and develop strategies for support
- Monitor consumption and costs of major fluids used Agency-wide, and develop
strategies for improved fluids logistics
- Represent the Agency on professional, technical, and legislative issues
related to fluids logistics
Locally at KSC, PLS duties include:
- Responsible for propellant and life support services and equipment provided
under KSC contract to operate and maintain the NASA’s
largest and most diverse inventory of propellants and life support equipment
- Responsible for the storage and distribution of 22 different fluids at
KSC, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and to other local customers
- Provide technical expertise to the design and operation of propellant
systems to support space flight hardware processing
- Unique fluid storage and supply capability for high purity
anhydrous ammonia, and high purity liquid oxygen
- Oversee design, manufacture and then operate unique support equipment
such as: hypergol containers, liquid helium conversion
system, liquid oxygen tankers, SCAPE, liquid air packs, and N2O4 Molecular
Sieve
- Liquid Air mixing and use
- Provide operation and fluids engineering support to Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion, Atlas V, Delta IV, Falcon 9 space launch systems, the
International Space Station, and all KSC/CCAFS spacecraft missions.
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