Track 3 Session 13
2:20 to 3:20 p.m. Thursday June 19, 2008

RM&S Engineering Challenges in the Design of Complex Space Systems

The reliability engineer faces a number of challenges in the design process of complex space systems. The most important one is the continuous pressure to design, develop and demonstrate high reliability and safety of the systems that would be launched into space carrying a crew of four to six people for an extended period of time. The space conditions and durability requirements imposed on such a system require new and advanced technologies, as well as advanced simulation techniques to predict and design in expected reliability. The Design for Reliability methodology applied systematically throughout the design process is a way to achieve these high reliability expectations.