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Techniques for Assuring NASA Mission Success Using Redundancy and Multi-Functionality DesignsTopics include NASA centers around the country; 2009 highlights of significant successes in space transportation, exploration, and science; significant accomplishments; places to explore include Lagrange points, near-Earth objects, Mars and the Moon, and International Space Station research; Marshall's missions include propulsion and transportation systems, life support systems, and earth and space science spacecraft, systems, and operations; project lifecycle management model; motivation of avionics fault-tolerance, redundancy needs and concerns, redundancy versus reliability; parallel-series configurations; effect of adding redundancy on mission success; example of rules-based approach where reliability and safety interaction impacts design; impact of common cause failure; approach ot bottom-up reliability analysis; three factors that lead to redundant system failure; Apollo 13 multi-functional reliability and example; and mitigating the risk of single string spacecraft architecture;.
Document ID
20100036656
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Shivers, Herb
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
August 19, 2010
Subject Category
Space Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
M10-0966
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2010 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium
Location: Dearborn, MI
Country: United States
Start Date: August 19, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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