FIDELITY EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR PLANETARY MISSION SIMULATORS: PART-IV: REFINING THE FIDELITY CHECKLISTS
- Paper number
IAC-08.E5.I.4
- Author
Ms. Susmita Mohanty, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Year
2008
- Abstract
This paper, fourth and final in a series, that establishes a Fidelity Evaluation Framework for Planetary Mission Simulators, aims to refine the Fidelity Checklists developed in the earlier papers of this series. The Fidelity Checklists are one of the three Framework Elements developed by the researcher. The three Framework Elements include (1) the Fidelity Checklists, (2) a Baseline Mission Visualization tool and (3) Trade-Off Studies. These elements are meant to aid Planetary Mission Simulator designers and simulation operators to gauge and fine-tune fidelity. The Fidelity Checklists are divided into four categories: Architectural, Operational, Environmental and Psychological. These Checklists were derived from primary data collected from crewmembers of present and past simulators via a questionnaire. The development of the Checklists is documented in the previous three papers in this series. This particular paper focuses on refining the four Checklists using feedback from Principal Investigators (PI) and Project Managers (PM) of past and present simulators from the United States, Europe and Russia, collected via a survey. The feedback data is used to highlight the differences of opinion and approach between various PIs and PMs, regarding fidelity. It is also used to further consolidate, refine and reformat the Checklists into a concise, portable format that can be easily accessed and used by all concerned.
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