On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:08:21 -0500, Alex Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>And what about tape recording the comm channel?  Is there only one checklist that
>is used? Do you actually use check marks?

When we do it properly, yes (I use numbers if we do more than one
launch).  We're still wrangling over who didn't do what.  Most of it
is probably my fault: I'd been saying for weeks that we were going to
need an RCO, because I would be tracking.  I expected that someone
would step up to the plate and assume my duties, but I didn't take
responsibility for selecting and training my alternate.  So no one did
the job the way I had been doing it.

>If this is so how can you coordinate when folks are not in one place?

I don't understand the question.  You call out each item on the radio.
If the person doing that task isn't in the blockhouse, he acknowledges
the task on the radio, does the task, then reports the task complete
on the radio.  That way everyone everywhere knows what's going on.

>Sequences can get confused.

That turned out to be the easy part this time around.  The actual
mechanics of prepping and launching a rocket are becoming routine.
The people working on the rocket don't need the checklist to get the
job done, though going through it ensures that the job gets done
right.  The checklist is mainly to give structure to the overall
operation.

-R

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