The spacecraft team continued to progress this week towards Mission PDR.  A 
CCB was held to put under configuration control the Systems Engineering 
Management Plan, Propulsion Subsystem Requirements, Mechanical Subsystem 
Specification, the Low Power Switch Card Requirements, the Power Converter 
Card Requirements, and the 1553 Bus ICD.  The Propulsion Subsystem 
Development Plan and the Ka-Band Subsystem Development Plan were 
distributed for AETD Branch Head signature.  The cPCI working group met to 
discuss issues with qualification of cPCI connectors, and possible 
solutions for SDO.  A decision will be made next week pending discussions 
with vendors on which connectors to use for ETU and Flight.  A meeting was 
held with the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office to explore SDO component 
procurements through an existing contract arrangement.

For the Instruments, we conducted Risk Management coordination meetings 
with Lockheed Martin (HMI/AIA) and the University of Colorado LASP (EVE) 
management teams.  Overviews of the SDO and instrument teams risk 
management processes were discussed and alignment of risk grading scales 
and reporting formats were worked out.  The meetings were very useful and 
productive.  A technical/programmatic meeting has be scheduled with e2v and 
RAL for Feb. 9 to review progress, schedules, flight contract proposals, 
and contract progress.  The commissioning of the e2v test camera is nearing 
completion and CCD image test results should be available for this 
meeting.  The processing of the second batches of the thin- and thick-gate 
devices is proceeding well and are nearly completed.  e2v also expects to 
present probe test results of these batches during the Feb. 9 meeting.  The 
design of the new epitaxial process ASIC has been completed and released to 
the foundry for manufacturing.  Manufacturing and packaging of the SECCHI 
ASIC is in process as a backup approach to the new epitaxial ASIC.  The new 
ASIC is preferred for improved radiation hardness and performance, however, 
RAL has some confidence the SECCHI ASIC's could be used as a backup.  The 
plan is to package the SECCHI ASIC, build the supporting board and conduct 
on-the-bench tests to confirm whether it can indeed be used as a substitute 
device if necessary.  An alternate approach using improved radiation 
hardened ACTEL FPGA devices is also being pursued.

HMI released specifications for the HMI Electronics Box (HEB) bridgeboard, 
HEB motherboard, and filters along with drawings for the filter and beam 
splitter.  HMI is sending responses to twenty-two of the HMI PDR RFAs on 
January 30, 2004.  The HMI team is preparing for the Oven Structure, HEB 
Enclosure, and Optical Mount Alignment Method peer reviews to be held at 
LMSAL on February 4th.  Materials will be distributed to the SDO Project on 
February 3.  SDO personnel will participate via telecon.  The AIA team made 
significant design progress on the filter-wheel, wavelength selector, and 
shutter mechanisms with internal reviews commencing in the next several 
weeks.  Purchase orders were issued (SAO) for the Phase A multi-layer 
coating development work and procurement was started for the mirror blanks. 
SAO began the structural modeling analysis of the telescope mount design 
and started analysis of the 1-G release and thermal effects.  In addition, 
the AIA team continues working on the Concept Study Report, which is due 
2/15/04.  For EVE, preparations continue for the third I/F working group 
meeting next week at LASP.  The goal of the meeting is to have the ICD 
ready for baselining in February.  A SDO and Instrument Grounding, 
Shielding and Bonding Technical interface meeting will follow on Thursday 
with members of the HMI and AIA teams joining us in Boulder.

The ground system team successfully held its first of 5 peer reviews.  The 
networks review went very well generating about six RFAs.  Most RFAs 
suggested research into alternative network methods to reduce cost or to 
improve network robustness.  Two other peer review packages are in final 
review, and the remaining two are in draft.  The ground system manager 
coordinated a meeting with Center Management and key Project personnel to 
discuss the current policy on spacecraft encryption/security.  At this 
time, no fully endorsed policy is in place.  The project will proceed 
forward with spacecraft and ground system design with security 
vulnerabilities in mind, and to be aware that a GSFC security 
process/guidelines will be forthcoming.  Finally, the first draft cycle and 
review of the MOMS and NENS contract task orders were performed this week.

In the area of CM, we focused on documents (checking reviewers, notifying 
delinquent reviewers, and preparing for the CCBs) and started inputting the 
CCRs which have been processed into the database.

Thanks,
Ken

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to 
please everybody."
Bill Cosby 

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