The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is a senior advisory committee established by Congress in 1968 that reports to NASA and Congress. It evaluates NASA's safety performance by directly observing NASA operations and decision-making and advises the agency on ways to improve safety. The ASAP also examines NASA's compliance with safety recommendations and its management and culture related to safety, particularly concerning human spaceflight. The panel releases an annual report outlining key safety concerns and recommendations for NASA's programs, including the International Space Station, Moon to Mars missions, and commercial partnerships.
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Patricia Sanders, chair of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, raised concerns about the ability to complete work such as parachute certification in time to meet the planned 2024-07-21 launch.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel expressed concern that commercial stations supported by NASA were unlikely to be ready before the ISS is retired at the end of the decade.
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel raised concerns at its 2022-05-12 meeting that delays in Starliner’s development might affect the availability of Atlas 5 vehicles.
On 2022-01-27, NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recorded that the agency had sent a second "letter of concern" to Bechtel requesting a response by 2022-02-01 and that NASA was considering changes to the structure and management of the Mobile Launcher 2 contract.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel considered the 2025 lunar landing date a stretch goal that is not impossible but requires realistic planning.
A member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel indicated that SpaceX was planning for 52 launches in 2022, most of which would launch from Florida.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel released its annual report on 2022-01-11 calling for NASA to reexamine how it manages human spaceflight programs.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel’s 2021 report states that the rebalancing of roles and responsibilities between NASA and industry has generally succeeded but has changed how NASA executes its mission.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recommends that NASA establish and provide leadership through a “board of directors” that includes agency center directors and other key officials to benefit the agency’s mission as a cohesive whole.
Congress established the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel in 1968 to provide advice and make recommendations to the NASA administrator on safety matters after the 1967 Apollo 1 fire.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recommended that the strategic vision include how NASA will work with commercial and international partners, assess workforce and infrastructure needs, and set criteria for making, managing, or buying capabilities.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel warned that the effort to return humans to the moon by 2024 coupled with uncertain funding could lead to engineering compromises in the Artemis program.
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel was briefed about a second software problem called a 'valve mapping error' related to the Starliner's service module.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel revealed the planned organizational safety assessment of Boeing at its 2020-02-06 public meeting.
Patricia Saunders, chair of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, concluded during the 2018-05-17 meeting that if appropriate steps are taken and potential hazards are addressed, the risk of launching crew in the load-and-go configuration could be acceptable.
Patricia Sanders is chair of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel and participated in a 2018-07-26 meeting at NASA Headquarters.
Members of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel believed on 2018-05-17 that SpaceX’s load-and-go fueling approach could be used for future commercial crew missions.