A Risk Informed Approach to Reliability Requirements Tailoring

Every institution has their “recipe” for mission success. Cell phones and personal computers seem like they are designed to be obsolete in 2-3 years. Automobiles seem like they are designed to have a power train failure within 1000 miles of the extended warranty expiration; at least that's been my experience. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is not any different. JPL has a tried and proven recipe for mission success because in space things can't fail. Or else.