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GSFC Earth Science Projects Division (ESPD): Home of GSFC Earth Science Flight Projects
& Agency Earth Systematic Missions Program and Reimbursable Projects Program
Presented to the Goddard Contractor’s Association
February 12, 2014
Presented by Tom McCarthy,
Associate Director, Earth Science Projects Division
Program Manager, Earth Systematic Missions Program
Program Manager, Reimbursable Projects Program
Tom McCarthy – the abridged resume…
Large Company (1979-1997): Engineer & Manager
Small Company (1997-2001): General Manager
Public Service (2001 – Present): NASA Engineer & Executive
What you will hear about today
Importance of Earth System Science
Earth Science Projects Division (ESPD) at GSFC
Earth Science Portfolio of Missions
Program System Engineering Snapshot
A Few Key Operating Principles
Challenging Parts of the Job
Challenges within ESPD
ESPD Business Initiatives
Opportunities for Contractors to Help
NASA & Earth Science
– Earth’s changing environment will impact every aspect of life on our planet
– Humans are the only creatures able to analyze, anticipate, and act now to influence events that will occur generations into the future
– Climate change poses profound societal challenges
– Detecting and understanding the causes of trends amidst small-scale variability require technological skill and deep understanding of the Earth as an integrated system
– The fact that we know the climate is changing is a profound testament to our human skills and intellect
NASA/Earth Science Division (ESD) Activities
– MEASUREMENTS: Monitor/observe the Earth and our environment to advance science, develop applications for societal benefit, and support other mission agencies. NASA designs, implements, and operates present and future spaceborne observing systems
– RESEARCH: Understand and thereby better project the Earth as an integrated system through multidisciplinary research, using all relevant measurements (not just spaceborne, not just NASA)
– SOCIETAL BENEFIT and CAPACITY BUILDING: Develop and test new information products based on measurements and research, that are tailored to the needs of end users; increase users’ capacity to exploit the information
– TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: Focused investments in instruments, data processing, and communications technologies to support new missions, research, and applications
Nasa HQ Earth Science Division (ESD)Division
61%*
2% 34%
3%
*ESMP is 70%
of the 61%
(ESSP is the
other 30%)
NASA/Joint Agency Satellite Division (JASD) Activities
– JPSS Program: Joint Polar Satellite System program is the program designated for management of the development of the U.S. civilian operational polar satellite system program providing environmental observational data to the U.S. civilian, defense, and international community (48% of Reimbursable Budget).
– GOES R Series Program: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R Series program is the program designated to manage the development of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites (43% of Reimbursable Budget).
– RPP: Reimbursable Projects Program (RPP) is the designated program for management of a select set of U.S. Partner Agency-funded projects managed within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) (8% of Reimbursable Budget).
The Dual Charters of ESPD
We are GSFC! Earth Science Projects Division (ESPD): Institutional Responsibility for GSFC Earth Science Flight Projects.....(59 Civil Servants, 656 Contractors)
We are HQ! Earth Systematic Missions Program (ESMP): Programmatic Responsibility for Earth Science Missions across the Agency (GSFC, JPL, LaRC)…..FY14 Budget of $788M
Reimbursable Projects Program (RPP): Programmatic Responsibility for Reimbursable Missions (that are not JPSS and GOES R) across the Agency (GSFC & JPL)…..FY14 Budget of $133M
Performing Centers
GSFC: Peter Hildebrand
LaRC: Lelia Vann
JPL: Diane Evans
PAO/130
Rani Gran
2014 View
Reimbursable Projects Program Tom McCarthy, Program Manager
Carolyn Ellenes, DPM/R
Earth Systematic Missions Program Tom McCarthy, Program Manager
Eric Ianson, Deputy Program Manager
ICESat-2 Project/425
Doug Mclennan, PM
John Leon, DPM/T
Mark Seidleck, DPM/R
SMAP Project/JPL
Kent Kellogg, PM
Chris Savinell, MM
NISAR/JPL
Yunjin Kim, PM
Chris Savinell, MM
GPS TRiG Technology/JPL
Jeff Tien, PM
Chris Savinell, MM
Division Business Office
Kathy Shifflett, Program Business Manager
Carolyn Ellenes, Deputy Program Business Manager
Darlene Fennell, DPM/R Decadal Survey Missions
Vacant, Financial Manager, ESPD
Sheri Platt, Financial Manager, Decadal Survey Missions
Katy Mikkelsen, Program Support Manager
Program Integration Manager
Paul Brandinger
Division Procurement Manager/210
Nylsevalis Ortizcollazo
GRACE Follow-On Project /JPL
Phil Morton, PM
Sharon Straka, MM
CLARREO Mission
Studies/LaRC
Kevin Brown, PM
Otilia Rodriguez, MM
ESDIS Project/423
Dawn Lowe, PM
Rama Ramapriyan, Asst PM
Jeff Walter, DPM/T
Jeanne Behnke, DPM/Ops
Diane Hronek, DPM/R
ESMO Project/428
Wynn Watson, PM
Eric Moyer, DPM/T
Greg Dell, DPM/Ops
Vacant, DPM/R
Dimitrios Mantziaras, Terra
Mission Director
POES MetOp Project/421
Karen Halterman, PM
Gene Guerrero-Martin, DPM/T
DSCOVR Project/426
Al Vernacchio, PM
Bob Smith, DPM/T
Carol Grunsfeld, DPM/R
JASON-3 Project/JPL
Parag Vaze, PM
Sharon Straka, MM
Division Systems Engineering/599
Stephen Leete
SAGE III Project/ LaRC
Mike Cisewski, PM
Otilia Rodriguez, MM
GPM Project/422
Art Azarbarzin, PM
Candace Carlisle, DPM/T
Jackie Fiora, DPM/R
Earth Science Projects Division
Code 420
Associate Director
Tom McCarthy
Deputy Associate Director
Eric Ianson
Secretary
Jonetta Johnson
SWOT Mission/JPL
Parag Vaze, PM
Angela Mason, MM
ASCENDS
Mission Studies
Otilia Rodriguez, MM
PACE, ACE
Mission Studies
Angela Mason, MM
HyspIRI, GEO-CAPE
Mission Studies
Reggie Eason, MM
Polar Free Flyer/424
Kevin Carmack, PM
Steve Pszcolka, DPM/T
Debra Dodson, DPM/R
Land Imaging Studies
Del Jenstrom, SM
Climate Sensors
Paul Brandinger, MM
Mission Operations Science Operations
Earth Science Data Operations
Data Acquisition
Flight Operations, Data Capture,
Initial Processing, Backup Archive
Data Transport to
Data Centers/ SIPSs
Science Data Processing, Data Management, Interoperable Data
Archive, and Distribution
Distribution and
Data Access
NASA Integrated
Services Network
(NISN) Mission Services
Research
Education
Value-Added Providers
Earth System Models
International Partners
Decision Support Systems
Internet
(Search, Order,
Distribution)
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
Instrument Teams and Science
Investigator-led Processing Systems
(SIPSs)
White Sands Complex (WSC)
EOS Polar Ground Stations
Direct Broadcast (DB)
Direct Broadcast/ Direct Readout
Stations
EOSDIS Data Centers
EOS Data Operations System (EDOS) Data Processing
EOS Operations Center (EOC)
Mission Control
EOSSpacecraft
Interagency Data Centers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
Data Center
Operations
SMD J. Grunsfeld
Astro-
physics
Helio-
physics
Planetary
Research
J. Kaye
Applied
Science
L. Friedl
Flight
Programs
S. Volz
Program Executive for
Earth Science Data Systems
M. Maiden
Program Executive for
Operating Missions
C. Yuhas
Earth Science
Data and Information
System (ESDIS) Project D. Lowe
Science Systems
Development
Office
D. Marinelli
Science
Operations
Office
J. Behnke
Flight
Projects G. Morrow
Appl. Eng.
&
Technology
Sciences
&
Exploration
Planetary
Science
Astro-
physics
GSFC C. Scolese
Earth
Science T. McCarthy
400
500
600
423
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Terrestrial
Ecology • D. Wickland
ORNL
DAAC
Program Scientists
Physical
Oceanography • E. Lindstrom
Physical Oceanography
DAAC
Atmospheric
Dynamics • R. Kakar
GSFC Earth
Sciences DISC
Ocean Biology &
Biogeochemistry • P. Bontempi
Earth Surface
and Interior • J. LaBrecque
Crustal Dynamics
DIS
Cryosphere
Science • T. Wagner
National Snow and Ice Data
Center
420
430
440
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Earth Science & Data Systems
Upper Atmosphere
Research • K. Jucks
Global Hydrology
Resource Center
Ocean Biology Processing
Group
SAR Systems • C. Dobson
ASF SAR Data Center
Socioeconomic Data & Applic- ations Center
Applications • C. Dobson
L1 and Atmos. Data • TBD
MODAPS/
LAADS
Earth
Science
M. Freilich
Application Scientists
Land Processes • W. Turner Land
Processes DAAC
Atmospheric
Radiation • H. Maring
Atmospheric Sciences
Data Center
04/16/2013
ESPD Portfolio of Flight Projects
Mission Launch Vehicle Contract Status
Glory 4-Mar-11 Taurus NASA/LSP/Orbital Unsuccessful-LV failure
NPP 28-Oct-11 Delta-II NASA/LSP/ULA Successful; operational (Phase E)
LDCM 11-Feb-13 Atlas-V NASA/LSP/ULA Successful; operational (Phase E)
GPM 28-Feb-14 H-IIA JAXA/MHI At launch site (Phase D)
SMAP 5-Nov-14 Delta-II NASA/LSP/ULA In environmental test (Phase D)
DSCOVR 13-Jan-15 Falcon-9 USAF/OSP3/SpaceX In environmental test (Phase C)
Jason-3 1-Mar-15 Falcon-9 NASA/LSP/SpaceX In environmental test (Phase D)
SAGE-III TBD 2015 Falcon-9 NASA/ISSP/CRS/SpaceX In subsystem fab and test (Phase D)
ICESat-2 Mar-17 Delta-II NASA/LSP/ULA In subsystem fab and test (Phase C)
GRACE-FO 5-Aug-17 DNEPR GFZ/Kosmotras In formulation (Phase B)
NI-SAR 29-Sep-20 GSLV ISRO Pre-Phase A
SWOT 9-Oct-20 TBD NASA/LSP/TBD In formulation (Phase A)
PACE late-2019 TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
HyspIRI >2020 TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
GEO-CAPE >2020 TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
ACE >2020 TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
ASCENDS 2022 TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
Land Imaging TBD TBD TBD Pre-Phase A
GPM Video
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
LRD – February 28, 2014 from Tanegashima, Japan
ESMP & RPP Offices Systems Engineering Working Group (SEWG)
• SEWG is a group of multi-center system engineers within the NASA ESMPO – Consists of GSFC, JPL and LRC Systems Engineers , Civil servants and contractors
• SEWG Objective: – Look across missions - current and future – Identify risks and ways to reduce risks – Employ the systems engineering perspective – Assess the practice of SE in ESMP & RPP missions
• Membership: – Leads at GSFC, JPL and LaRC – Staff at GSFC (1 CS, 8 C (some part-time)) – Liaisons to sister organizations in ESD: ESTO, ESSP – Mission Managers
• Functions: – Individual staff monitor assigned projects, attending reviews and meetings – Run SEWG Risk Board & support Program Risk Board – Special Studies – usually work that is assigned by the Earth Science Division
• Common Bus study, combining missions, Mission and Instrument Design Lab studies
• Decadal Survey missions as ISS Payloads, Decadal Survey mission TRL assessments (2013)
• Instrument Cost Estimation, TRL Definitions (2014) – Produce conference papers – Weekly telecon, quarterly face-to-face meetings that rotate between the three centers
Division & Program Operating Principles
Build Trust (Keeping Agreements)
Transparency (Sharing Information)
Execution (Delivering on Promises)
Do what Makes Sense
Being 4D!
The Challenging Parts of the Jobs…..Associate Director &
Program Manager…..
Communications……..
Relationships……..
ESPD
ESD/Mike
GSFC/Chris
JPL
LaRC PMs MMs
PEs
JASD/Marcus
RPPO ESMPO
PEs
ESPD Communication Channels
SMD/John NASA
Administrator
Challenges within ESPD
Providing a measure of programmatic stability for each of the projects in ESMP and RPP in an unstable budgetary
environment…..
Striking a BALANCE between the ever increasing number of highly specific and numerous requirements and a flexible tailored
approach that fits the budget…..
Program Portfolio Budgets (ESMP & RPP) are constrained which heightens demands on individual project execution, ie, if one
project exceeds budget, impacts others in the portfolio, especially those in formulation…..
Increasing demands on our Flight Operations Team to deal with on-orbit conjunctions…..
Orbital Debris Challenge
• EOS missions are in a 705km, polar sun-synchronous orbit
• 194 cataloged objects currently reside in 705km +/- 5km orbit with orbital period of 98.77-98.98 minutes
– 21 of these cataloged objects are potentially active (includes Terra, Aqua, Aura)
• 3650 cataloged objects pass through the 705km regime each day
• Based on screening predictions from CARA for Aqua, Aura and Terra Satellites and using only the past 8 months due to the higher solar activity of the atmosphere:
– EOS missions average 3.0 close approaches per day with at least one predicted miss distance less than 5km
– EOS missions average 1.3 close approaches per day with at least one predicted miss distance less than 2km
– EOS missions average 0.16 close approaches per day (more than 1/week) with at least one predicted miss distance less than 500m
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ESPD & Program Business Initiatives
New Business: Because of our Programmatic responsibilities, we firewall ourselves from all GSFC capture activities and do not have an advocacy role in this area…..
External Relationships: We have a focused effort to develop relationships between all of partners in Earth Science, both government and industry (i.e., have periodic tagups with JPL, LaRC. LSP, LMC, OSC, Ball, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, Space X)…..
Implementing Code 400 Business Change Initiatives…….
STATUS TO THE GODDARD SENIOR STAFF
Business Change
Initiative (BCI)
Comprehensive
evaluation of
management,
communication, and
information sharing
mechanisms
intended to improve
cost, scheduling,
and overall
performance across
the Flight Projects
Portfolio
Environmental Challenges
Increased visibility
and accountability
Improved
management
tools
Established
GSFC policies
and procedures
Enhanced training
and knowledge
sharing
Standardized
processes
Discovered risks
early
Our Response Desired End State
Increasing external
reviews, audits, and data
requests
Greater competition for
resources
Oncoming retirement
wave and corresponding
knowledge gap
Rising costs, schedule
delays, and inconsistent
processes
ENVIRONMENT (FACTORS THAT PRECIPITATED THE BCI)
Project Proposal
Requirements Development and
Management
Acquisition Management
Project Planning
Cost Estimating
Risk Management Earned Value Management
Budget and Full Cost Management
Capital Management
Systems Engineering
Contract Management
Stakeholder Management
Technology Transfer and
Commercialization
Tracking/Trending Project
Performance
Cost/Schedule Analysis
Project Review
Project
Execution
Resource
Management
Project
Implementation
Project
Closeout
Project Control
and
Evaluation
Project Planning and Control Discipline Areas (Reference: Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL))
Bold Text = Current BCI Focus
Area
OVERVIEW: SCOPE
Opportunities for Contractors to Help
Understand risks that pose threats to your execution & commitments and ensure projects understand them.…. strive for
no surprises…..
Continue to work with projects to bridge gap in understanding the differences between commercial practices and government
practices……suggest tailoring…..
Look for opportunities to keep costs low on existing projects….allows more missions into formulation….maintains
both contactor and civil servant workforce….