The Phase I effort of the project resulted in the development and prototype tool that enabled KSC to model and simulate various activities associated with the spaceport project operations, thereby improving the decision making process. KSC can now quickly simulate a large number of spaceport configurations providing the best and safest solutions. In addition, it provided spaceport management decision support in the areas of space vehicle mix impact, launch rates, asset utilization, and spaceport life cycle costs.

TEAMS provided immediate benefits to KSC by enabling the implementation of the NASA Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP) investment strategy. Immediate benefits are likely to accrue on the ongoing NASA Space Launch Initiative (SLI) and the Space Shuttle upgrade initiative. Assuming a 5% savings based on enhanced operations modeling and simulation, NASA can expect to see a $2.42B savings potential in the SLI investment alone. The potential savings in space transportation operations and maintenance costs resulting from superior system designs will be significantly higher.

Because of the success realized from the Phase I effort, KBSI continued to work with KSC again in Phase II, with an emphasis on enhancing and hardening the Phase I architecture, building two focused NASA applications, and commercializing the TEAMS software by integrating it with KBSI's PROSIM® and AIØWIN® modeling tools.

As a result of the successful technology at KSC, this could lead to a NASA-wide adoption of the TEAMS framework and tools. The application of TEAMS to the design of NASA's spaceports will lead to the rapid deployment of cost-effective and high-performance spaceports. This will be enabled through the exploration of multiple spaceport design options through rapid operations analyses. The TEAMS framework will allow for effective verification/validation of a large number of spaceport operations process configurations early in the system development life cycle. This will result in significantly reduced risks and reduced spaceport life-cycle costs.