The systems team continued support for the preparation and participation 
for Subsystem and instrument PDRs.  In addition to reviewing requirements 
documents and specifications as part of PDR preparations, the systems team 
attended both the HGAS PDR & the C&DH bulk memory card peer 
review.  Systems & Subsystems also attended the HMI PDR in Palo Alto, 
Ca.  At the HMI PDR, we also held an Integration & Test splinter meeting to 
discuss pre-integration deliverables, integration flow, testing schedules, 
guidelines for testing, and types of tests required after HMI is integrated 
on the SDO Observatory.  Finally, the systems team met with members of 
their own PDR review committee in preparation for the upcoming systems PDR 
next month.

The Single Board Computer (SBC) RFO procurement package was released last 
week.  This is the first major SDO procurement, and will provide SBC 
breadboard, ETU and flight units for SDO.  The SDO Project met with the 
GSFC Logistics Transportation Management Branch to discuss preliminary 
arrangements for shipping SDO to the launch site.

The HMI PDR was held in Palo Alto, CA on Nov 18 and 19th. The HMI team's 
preparation and hard work throughout the year paid off with a very 
successful PDR culminating with high praise from the PDR review 
team.  Numerous SDO project members were at the HMI PDR to support the HMI 
team in their effort.  SDO project members also participated in technical 
splinter meetings covering the Science Operations Center, HMI I&T at the 
Observatory level, and an AIA mechanical/thermal 
meeting.  Programmatically, Barbara Fischer was named LMSAL HMI Deputy 
Project Manager, and a meeting held on Nov 20 resulted in a productive 
discussion on cost accounting for HMI and AIA common elements.  I thank the 
entire Stanford & LMSAL team for an outstanding HMI PDR.

After the completion of the EVE dry-run PDR last week, the EVE team is 
adjusting the agenda for the PDR on December 17-18 at LASP in Boulder.  The 
EVE team has made good progress on the instrument design and will be ready 
for their PDR.  On Monday (11/24), we will conduct a telecon with NASA HQ 
to discuss the replacement of the OFS portion of EVE with ESP and MEGS 
revisions.  The revisions reduce instrument development risk while 
maintaining calibration goals of the EVE.  Lastly, the EVE team delivered a 
preliminary parts list for our review and comment.

The Video Imaging and Photographic Requirements (VIPR) development is 
progressing very well.  We successfully conducted tests for the user 
authentication and ITAR sensitivity functions and performed demonstrations 
which included screen displays for the data entry & search/report 
functions.  Authentic photographic images will be downloaded from the SDO 
server and tested with the VIPR system next week.  SDO E/PO personnel 
attended the one year anniversary celebration for the Chesapeake Children's 
Museum in Annapolis, Maryland.  This invitation only event provided 
exposure for NASA and SDO to museum board members, sponsors, and selected 
patrons.  Special recognition goes to Jeanne Palmer who recently 
represented NASA/SDO at her middle school alma mater in South Dakota.  The 
school administration was so thrilled with her presence that they shared 
her visit with the local news.  Jeanne, an SDO engineer, and many of the 
7th graders were featured on the front page of the local paper.

In the area of CM & project Support, the team: processed & received 
approval for the 4 CCRs discussed at last week's CCB meeting (SDO-CCR-021: 
Solar Array Sizing, SDO-CCR-024: SPN Split, SDO-CCR-030: Mass and Power 
Reallocation, SDO-CCR-031: Baselining of SDO MRD0 and released the updated 
Mass and Power Budgets, as well as the MRD; released new Mass and Power 
Worksheets; attended Records Management Meeting held in B8 sponsored by the 
Logistics management Division - we currently have 286 records in the 
document portion of our database; tested and have provided comments on the 
intranet CCR module; met with systems to review the status of documents 
which are in the review cycle and those that have not yet been submitted 
for CM processing; completed manpower changes/corrections discussions with 
the branches supporting SDO as our final step in the Center's FY04 - FY09 
Workforce Exercise; met with vendor designing offices in Building 29, Room 
360, to arrange final details & submit the purchase request - we anticipate 
the offices to be completed by the end of January; & supported/updated 
keycard request forms, phone/e-mail lists, & travel database.

Thanks,
Ken

Have a safe & happy Thanksgiving.