On Component Reliability and System Reliability for Space Missions
Yuan Chen, Amanda M. Gillespie, Mark W. Monaghan, Michael J. Sampson, Robert F. Hodson · 2012
This paper is to address the basics, the limitations and the relationship between component reliability and system reliability through a study of flight computing architectures and related avionics components for launch vehicles for NASA future missions. Component reliability analysis and system reliability analysis need to be evaluated at the same time, and the limitations of each analysis and the relationship between the two need to be fully understood to ensure mission success.