The Mars Science Laboratory Project presented multiple challenges of complexity for hardware QA personnel. Technical complexity was a major challenge. This is a one-of-kind never-before-been-built Spacecraft with a nuclear-powered Rover the size of a small SUV. It features a never-before-been-used Skycrane landing system featuring a Descent Stage which is a complex spacecraft within itself. Equally complex was figuring out how to support multiple activities at multiple facilities in this country and around the world at the same time.


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    Title :

    Hardware QA: Preparing and Certifying a Rover to Land on the Surface of Mars


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Hardware QA: Preparing and Certifying a Rover to Land on the Surface of Mars ; 2012 ; Pasadena, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2012-07-25


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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