System validation for a Mars entry, descent, and landing system is not simply a demonstration that the electrical system functions in the associated environments. The function of this system is its interaction with the atmospheric and surface environment. Thus, in addition to traditional test-bed, hardware-in-the-loop, testing, a validation program that confirms the environmental interaction is required. Unfortunately, it is not possible to conduct a meaningful end-to-end test of a Mars landing system on Earth. The validation plan must be constructed from an interconnected combination of simulation, analysis and test. For the Mars Exploration Rover mission, this combination of activities and the logic of how they combined to the system's validation was explicitly stated, reviewed, and tracked as part of the development plan.


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    Title :

    Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Entry, Descent, and Landing System Validation


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    55th International Astronautical Congress ; 2004 ; Vancouver, BC, Canada


    Publication date :

    2004-10-04


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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