likely to remain relatively stable due to the high degree of task specialization in this command structure. Crew interface can be handled directly at the intermediate leader level (assistants) and the director is brought into the loop in a dynamic way when a decision is required. Managers provide the director with periodic status reports so that when a decision is required, his information is valid and up to date. The SPS construction project will be the most ambitious undertaking in space to be attempted. As such, multiple difficulties and new approaches, some not even conceived yet, will complicate the project's progress. Accordingly, sufficient personnel and organizational authority must be present on orbit to deal not only with the routine daily chores of construction and crew support., but to also handle the on-the-spot decisions necessary to solve realtime problems and keep the effort moving. Table V-C-l shows a proposed organization for the GEO construction base. The accompanying staffing rationale is intended to give a preliminary assessment of management and personnel needs to staff a single SPS construction project. As shown, the organization assumes a fully functioning project following whatever buildup period that may be necessary to achieve full staffing. Each organizational element is explained in sufficient detail to enable the reader to understand the rationale behind the position and to have some appreciation for the staffing necessary to support the function (see Appendix V-C-l). Construction Facility Work Schedule: Each construction facility will provide permanent living quarters for assigned workers in addition to providing the operator's and observer's stations for operating and monitoring the manufacturing and construction equipment. The living quarters will house four teams. The teams will work on an eight-day rotation consisting of six consecutive work days followed by a day of housekeeping activity and an off-duty day. The housekeeping day will insure that the living quarters will be subjected to a clean sweepdown and routine preventative maintenance tasks every other day. The off-duty day can be spent in the living quarters at the construction worksite or at the recreation facility in one of the major modules at one end or the other of the major non-array column. The scheme of living at the construction worksite will greatly reduce the quantity and frequency of personnel transportation trips between centrally located living quarters and the worksites. The timeline shown below will be repeated on a 8-day cycle throughout a proposed six month on-orbit stay time.
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