Meshkat, L.; Xing, L.; Donohue, S. K.; Ou, Y.(2003-07-13)
We look at how fault tree analysis (FTA), a primary means of performing reliability analysis of PMS, can meet this challenge in this paper by presenting an overview of the modular approach to solving fault trees that ...
This article describes why there is a PDS (Planetary Data System), what the PDS has accompished, how it is organized, what innovations it has added, and what plans for the future. Terms are defined which are used in this ...
This paper discusses the pointing control system for NASA's Space Infra-Red Telescope Facility (SIRTF). After an introduction to the SIRTF mission and telescope, an overview is given of the pointing control hardware, ...
This paper presents an overview of the preliminary design of both the flight and ground systems of the Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility which will demonstrate optical communication from the ...
This presentation will give an overview of the Project Prometheus Program (PPP, formerly the Nuclear Systems Initiative, NSI) and the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) Project (a component of PPP), a mission to the three ...
QFD is a product planning tool and a process methodology that enables all organizations, departments, and individuals in a business or a project to systematically focus on the critical performance, functions, and/or ...
A major component in validating ion propulsion for use on future deep space and earth orbital missions is demonstrating that the engines have sufficient service life capability.
Since 1992, the TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite has been making altimetric sea surface observations with a sea level accuracy of 4.4 cm. This data can be used for studying regional and seasonal differences in sea level and for ...
The Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C / X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR, the most advanced imaging radar system to have flown in Earth orbit, was carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April and ...