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Software Failure Modes Effects Analysis Overview
missionreadysoftware.com• Faulty data definition - Ariane5 explosion 16/64 bit mismatch, Mars Climate Orbiter Metric/English mismatch, Mars Global Surveyor, 1985 SDIO mismatch, TITANIV wrong constant defined • Faulty logic– AT&T Mid Atlantic outage in 1991 • Faulty timing - SCUD missile attack Patriot missile system, 2003 Northeast blackout
Some Famous Unit Conversion Errors! 53 - NASA
spacemath.gsfc.nasa.govSome Famous Unit Conversion Errors! 53 Story 1: On September 23, 1999 NASA lost the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft after a 286-day journey to Mars. Miscalculations due to the use of English units instead of metric units apparently sent the craft slowly off course -
Crew Resource Management Improves Decision Making
www.nasa.govcontributed to the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, and problems on other projects. Despite all the seasoned veterans working on a project (and sometimes because they trust their expertise too much), mistakes are made, omissions occur, and clear thinking is often displaced by a false sense of knowing what is going on.
Classical Mechanics - University of Texas at Austin
farside.ph.utexas.eduample, the recent loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter because the engineers who designed its rocket engine used fps units whereas the NASA mission controllers physics:
Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board Phase I ...
llis.nasa.govNov 10, 1999 · The Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board wishes to thank the technical teams from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Lockheed Martin Astronautics for their cooperation which was essential in our review of the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander projects. Special thanks to Lia LaPiana and Frank Bauer for pulling this