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Evaluating Failures and near Misses in Human Spaceflight History for Lessons for Future Human SpaceflightStudies done in the past have drawn on lessons learned with regard to human loss-of-life events. However, an examination of near-fatal accidents can be equally useful, not only in detecting causes, both proximate and systemic, but also for determining what factors averted disaster, what design decisions and/or operator actions prevented catastrophe. Binary pass/fail launch history is often used for risk, but this also has limitations. A program with a number of near misses can look more reliable than a consistently healthy program with a single out-of-family failure. Augmenting reliability evaluations with this near miss data can provide insight and expand on the limitations of a strictly pass/fail evaluation. This paper intends to show how near-miss lessons learned can provide crucial data for any new human spaceflight programs that are interested in sending man into space
Document ID
20100014847
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Barr, Stephanie
(Aerospace Corp. Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Subject Category
Space Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-20176
Meeting Information
Meeting: 4th International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety
Location: Huntsville, AL
Country: United States
Start Date: May 19, 2010
End Date: May 21, 2010
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNJ06JA01C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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