Capture of Mars samples in orbit

What is it about?

This paper presents a probabilistic approach to assess performance of time-critical operations. This approach is used to design a critical payload required for the Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims at bringing to Earth rock cores, regolith and atmospheric samples from Mars.

Featured Image

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

Why is it important?

When a system's performance assessment is complex and highly dependent on dynamic external interfaces, processes are required to generate performance targets and methodologies to assess the system against such targets. This work demonstrates a probabilistic approach to assess time-critical operations for a Mars Sample Return mission. Similar thought processes can be applied to other non-traditional technical resources where performance targets are non-existent in the industry.