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Software Engineering for Space Exploration
Oct. 2011 (vol. 44 no. 10)
pp. 41-46
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Robyn Lutz, "Software Engineering for Space Exploration," Computer, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 41-46, Oct., 2011.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2011.264,
author = {Robyn Lutz},
title = {Software Engineering for Space Exploration},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {44},
number = {10},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2011},
pages = {41-46},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2011.264},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Robyn Lutz, Iowa State University and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Software engineering offers tools and techniques that improve the odds spacecraft will survive long missions, contributing to their resilience to new environmental challenges and to their adaptability to updated mission requirements.

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Index Terms:
Software engineering, Robotic spacecraft, Space exploration, Reliability, Design tools and techniques
Citation:
Robyn Lutz, "Software Engineering for Space Exploration," Computer, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 41-46, Oct. 2011, doi:10.1109/MC.2011.264
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