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FY 91-95 Glenn

Establishment of wiring requirements (spacecraft)
New Wire construction

     -  Workshops with NASA, DoD, FAA, ESA
     July 1991 Operational Expertise and wiring requirements
    July 1993 Space Wiring Failures/ wire constructions/ Test
    July 1995 System Topologies/ wire testing
FY 99-00 KSC/JSC/MSFC

Space Shuttle Wiring Review, inspection, and resolution

    - Age Life Study
    - Critical Redundancy
    - Arc Track Testing
    - Visual Inspection and wire protection study
FY 99-00 Ames WIRe Study
    - "Ames Research Center has completed a survey and evaluation of automated wire integrity assessment equipment and test management software, available in the two-part Wire Integrity Research (WIRe) Pilot Study, available for download".
    "Wire Integrity Research Pilot Study Final Report - Part I, Main Body"  Part II, Appendices.
Contact:  jcockrell@mail.arc.nasa.gov
FY 00 Ames/JSC/KSC NASA Cross-Center Wiring Working Group Formation
  Glenn/LaRC - Introduction
    - Areas of Emphasis (draft)
  LaRC Development of NDE technology for wire inspection under
    IRS program.

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