During the design cycle, and after activation of the Space Station, the reoccuring need will exist to access not only designs; but also deeper knowledge about the designs, which is only hinted in the design definition. Areas benefiting from this knowledge include training, fault management, and onboard automation. NASA's Artificial Intelligence Office at Johnson Space Center and The MITRE Corporation have conceptualized an approach for capture and storage of design knowledge. Design of NASA's

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... ace Station has begun. Backqround b NASA's Space Station Program ( S S P ) is presently completing 4its System Design Review milestone. With a program preliminary & a 2 03 b) Many personnel will phase in and out of the program c ) Technology developments will bring opportunities to Lo@ -.. =!3 4 0 4 O W I tn )u VI apply design information in powerful and hardly-imagined \a ways. 4 The challenge of design knowledge capture is to create and popillate a base of design kiiowledge, using approaches wnicn are realistic within their implementation timeframes; but which will provide a sufficient informational foundation to support applications of the year 2000, and beyond.