In recent years the NASA Langley Research Center has funded several contractors to conduct conceptual designs defining architectures for fault tolerant computer systems. Such a system is referred to as a Multi-Path Redundant Avionics Suite (MPRAS), and would form the basis for avionics systems that would be used in future families of space vehicles in a variety of missions. The principal contractors were General Dynamics, Boeing, and Draper Laboratories. These contractors participated in a series of review meetings, and submitted final reports defining their candidate architectures. NASA then commissioned the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to perform an assessment of these architectures to identify strengths and weaknesses of each. This report is a separate, independent review of the RTI assessment, done primarily to assure that the assessment was comprehensive and objective. The report also includes general recommendations relative to further MPRAS development.
Independent review of the Multi-Path Redundant Avionics Suite (MPRAS) architecture assessment and characterization report
1991
33 pages
Report
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Manned Spacecraft , Avionics , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , Management Practice , Contractors , Technology Assessment , Computer Architecture , Evaluation , Launching , Management , NASA , Research Programs , Space Flight , Fault tolerant computing , EDB/990200 , EDB/990100 , EDB/290500
Modularity concepts of the Multi-Path Redundant Avionics Suite (MPRAS)
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