ABSTRACT
Synopsis
The HERMES Spaceplane is a manned Space Transportation System with very high safety risks for the crew during certain missions phase. The need for a crew escape and rescue capability has become a firm requirement in the HERMES System Requirements Document.
MBB is contracted to investigate the feasability of a Crew Escape Module. In this contract, the technical feasability of the system is studied, and is supported by detailed Safety and Reliability Analysis.
In this paper, the author summarizes the specifications and design of the Crew Escape Module (CEM). The spaceplane Safety and Reliability requirements and their deriviation for CEM will be described. The use and experience of the Prime Contractor developed computerization tool "SARA-H" Safety and Reliability Analysis-Hermes will be discussed.
