CASE STUDY #3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA: The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has released their final report. www.caib.us
Chapter 10, Sec. 9 deals specifically with the intermittent, explosive-bolt cabling problems tested by Universal Synaptics Corporation
at Kennedy Space Center using IFD Testing System... chapter 10.
10.9.3 synopsis: "Today's test and troubleshooting technology" [Universal Synaptics IFD] "may have improved the ability to test
circuits and potentially prevent intermittent failures".
Their Observation: "NASA should consider a redesign of the system" "or conduct advanced testing for intermittent failure" using said equipment.