A Design Process for an Interplanetary Extravehicular Activity System
911580
07/01/1991
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- Content
- This paper describes a design process for an extravehicular system suitable for accomplishing a set of specific missions in an interplanetary environment. This process is based upon project management, system engineering, and strategic management concepts. The process is a sequential set of incremental actions which build upon prior activities in order to reach a design solution. Each process step considers a specific goal, environmental influences, as well as the general mission. The paper first addresses the overall mission in order to produce a set of functional requirements for each of the major mission components. The extravehicular system is then developed via a similar process to satisfy those functional requirements. The end result of this process is an extravehicular system specifically tailored to accomplish the mission.
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- 8
- Citation
- Wells, P., "A Design Process for an Interplanetary Extravehicular Activity System," SAE Technical Paper 911580, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/911580.