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The Challenge 

NASA uses Virtual Missions to simulate mission processes and resource flows. Virtual Missions also helps to uncover issues and validate procedures and software prior to executing an actual mission. NASA needed to address the time, detail, and knowledge limitations of their traditional, paper-based approach. Doing so would enable NASA to develop higher-fidelity and lower risk mission plans with less effort and in less time.

The Benefits

A team from NASA, Qualis and ESI streamlined the collection of mission events, task input/output, schedules and organization responsibilities into a web accessible database. The team then automated the transformation of the NASA database into several process visualization and simulation tools including a Vdot™ process management model which enables geographically distributed participants to walk through the virtual missions and ultimately execute and manage the actual mission.

“Vdot™’s intuitive visual interface brings Virtual Missions to life by turning static, paper-based processes into active electronic processes that can be deployed, executed, managed, verified and continuously improved.”

As Presented at the AIAA 49th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL January 6, 2011.

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