The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is in the midst of a space exploration program intended for sending crew and cargo to the international Space Station (ISS), to the moon, and beyond. This program is called Constellation. As part of the Constellation program, NASA is developing new launch vehicles aimed at significantly increase safety and reliability, reduce the cost of accessing space, and provide a growth path for manned space exploration. Achieving these goals requires a rigorous process that addresses reliability, safety, and cost upfront and throughout all the phases of the life cycle of the program. This paper discusses the 'Design for Reliability and Safety' approach for the NASA new launch vehicles, the ARES I and ARES V. Specifically, the paper addresses the use of an integrated probabilistic functional analysis to support the design analysis cycle and a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) to support the preliminary design and beyond.


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    Title :

    Design for Reliability and Safety Approach for the New NASA Launch Vehicle


    Contributors:
    F. M. Safie (author) / D. M. Weldon (author)

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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