Analysis classes for space exploration reliability assessments

Understanding and effectively communicating the spectrum of risk and reliability analysis classes is critical for an analyst to contribute to a team working on developmental space exploration architecture, mission, vehicle, or technology design. The proper characterization of class prior to the risk and reliability analysis can help calibrate stakeholder expectations with regard to required data inputs as well as anticipated outputs and insights. It can also help in the elicitation of data and cooperative participation from technical experts.