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DIVE OPERATIONS

Operations & Utilizations

M-F daily ops can produce 2760 nbh / year (FY02: 1790 nbh)
    10 run / week (dual ops), 46 weeks / year, 6 hour / run
    460 events/year max (FY02: 370 events)
    7 day / week surge capacity of 3864 nbh / year
    2nd shift recon required to achieve 10 runs / week

Facility infrastructure to support dual operations
    control rooms, cranes, staging areas, communications
    umbilicals for 6 US / Russian suits: certified for 5, staffed for 4

8M scf of nitrox produced & consumed annually
    46% O2 (nitrox at 40´ = air at 19´)

Mockups (without robotics, value > $30M)
    Large-sized: 45+ (trusses, modules)
    Medium & small-sized: 3500+ (ORUs, support stands, cradles, etc.)
    Monthly average movement of 2000 items in support of testing, 1-g´s, etc.

Logistics and Mockup Facility (LMF) 41,000 ft2
    47 total pieces of shop equipment (~20 different types: mills, welding, shears)


Sonny Carter Training Facility - Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
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Last Updated: April 4, 2007