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Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Entry, Descent, and Landing System ValidationSystem validation for a Mars entry, descent, and landing system is not simply a demonstration that the electrical system functions in the associated environments. The function of this system is its interaction with the atmospheric and surface environment. Thus, in addition to traditional test-bed, hardware-in-the-loop, testing, a validation program that confirms the environmental interaction is required. Unfortunately, it is not possible to conduct a meaningful end-to-end test of a Mars landing system on Earth. The validation plan must be constructed from an interconnected combination of simulation, analysis and test. For the Mars Exploration Rover mission, this combination of activities and the logic of how they combined to the system's validation was explicitly stated, reviewed, and tracked as part of the development plan.
Document ID
20090007574
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Mitcheltree, Robert A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lee, Wayne
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Steltzner, Adam
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
SanMartin, Alejanhdro
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
October 4, 2004
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
IAC-04-Q.3.a.02
Meeting Information
Meeting: 55th International Astronautical Congress
Location: Vancouver, BC
Country: Canada
Start Date: October 4, 2004
End Date: October 8, 2004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
system validation
Mars entry
testing

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