Re: Genesis g-switch installed upside down

From: starman (starman_at_tech.net)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:14:54 -0400

Jeff Findley wrote:
>
> We can start by not making the first test flight (of the complete set of
> hardware) the same flight as the actual mission. One of the best ways to
> find problems is to do both systems level and vehicle level tests. While
> the subsystem which contained the Genesis accelerometers may have been
> tested heavily at the subsystem level (and even flown on other vehicles),
> there was no vehicle level test to verify that the subsystem would work as
> desired as it was integrated in the new vehicle.
>
> Sometimes you can catch these things by improving your design processes, but
> that should not diminish the importance of testing.

Did NASA ever consider designing the Shuttle for a series of fully
automated test flights before the first launch with a crew?

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