NASA is working toward the first launch of the Space Launch System, a new, unmatched capability for deep space exploration with launch readiness planned for 2019. Since program start in 2011, SLS has passed several major formal design milestones, and every major element of the vehicle has produced test and flight hardware. The SLS approach to systems engineering has been key to the program's success. Key aspects of the SLS SE&I approach include: 1) minimizing the number of requirements, 2) elimination of explicit verification requirements, 3) use of certified models of subsystem capability in lieu of requirements when appropriate and 4) certification of capability beyond minimum required capability.


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    Title :

    NASA's Space Launch System: Systems Engineering Approach for Affordability and Mission Success


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition ; 2017 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-09-12


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English








    NASA's Space Launch System: Systems Engineering Approach for Affordability and Mission Success (AIAA 2017-5330)

    Hutt, John J. / Whitehead, Josh / Hanson, John | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2017