The practical value of health management in space exploration systems

Abstract

There 1,2 is a body of evidence, and a group of advocates, supporting the need for integrated system health management for space exploration systems. The advocates include operators responsible for complex and inherently risky decisions, and the technologists working in the domain of health management and looking for application for their products. Others in the decision loops take the view that health management is too expensive, or represents a technology paradigm shift that is not warranted.