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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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TESTING AT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT

THE STATE OF U.S. ELECTRONIC PARTS
SPACE RADIATION TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Committee on Space Radiation Effects Testing Infrastructure
for the U.S. Space Program

National Materials and Manufacturing Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/24993.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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COMMITTEE ON SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM

BHAVYA LAL, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, Co-Chair

PAUL D. NIELSEN, NAE,1 Software Engineering Institute, Co-Chair

ARDEN L. BEMENT, JR., NAE, Global Policy Research Institute

JAMES BURCH, Southwest Research Institute

HENRY B. GARRETT, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Retired)

JAMES HARRIS, NAE, Stanford University

SANDRA L. HYLAND, Northrop Grumman Corporation

LINDA KATEHI, NAE, University of California, Davis

RAY LADBURY, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

JOE MAZUR, The Aerospace Corporation

LEONARD ROCKETT, Technology Metrics, LLC

RON TURNER, Analytic Services

Staff

DWAYNE A. DAY, Senior Program Officer, Study Director

ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer

NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer

HEATHER LOZOWSKI, Financial Associate

JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant

HENRY KO, Research Associate

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD

CELIA I. MERZBACHER, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Chair

RODNEY C. ADKINS, NAE,1 IBM Corporate Strategy

JIM C.I. CHANG, National Cheng Kung University, North Carolina State University

LEO CHRISTODOULOU, Boeing, Inc.

TOM DONNELLAN, Pennsylvania State University

ERICA FUCHS, Carnegie Mellon University

STEPHEN FORREST, NAS2/NAE, University of Michigan

JACK HU, NAE, University of Michigan

THERESA KOTANCHECK, Evolved Analytics, LLC

DAVID LARBALESTIER, NAE, Florida State University

ROBERT MILLER, IBM Almaden Research Center

EDWARD MORRIS, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, America Makes: The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute

NICHOLAS A. PEPPAS, NAE/NAM,3 University of Texas, Austin

TRESA POLLOCK, NAE, University of California, Santa Barbara

F. STAN SETTLES, NAE, University of Southern California

HAYDN G. WADLEY, University of Virginia

BEN WANG, Georgia Institute of Technology

STEVE ZINKLE, NAE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Staff

JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director

ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer

HEATHER LOZOWSKI, Financial Associate

NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer

JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant

HENRY KO, Research Assistant

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.

3 Member, National Academy of Medicine.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Space Radiation Testing Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24993.
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Preface

In fall 2016, the Department of Energy, with NASA and U.S. Air Force support, asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to undertake a study on the testing facilities in the United States for radiation-hardened electronics for spacecraft. The statement of task is included as Appendix A. The Committee on Space Radiation Effects Testing Infrastructure for the U.S. Space Program met four times, in March, May, August, and October, and produced this report, which entered review in November 2017.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Scott Anderson, Lockheed Martin,

Steven J. Battel, NAE,1 Battel Engineering,

Ethan Cascio, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center,

Henry L. Clark, Texas A&M University,

Jeff Hopkins, Astrobotic,

Barbara Jacak, NAS,2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Sam Kayali, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

John Mather, NAS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Larry Phair, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Heather Quinn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and

Michael Sivertz, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or the recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Julia M. Phillips, NAE, Sandia National Laboratories (retired). She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.

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Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary source of degradation, reliability issues, and potentially failure for these electronic components. Although simulation and modeling are valuable for understanding the radiation risk to microelectronics, there is no substitute for testing, and an increased use of commercial-off-the- shelf parts in spacecraft may actually increase requirements for testing, as opposed to simulation and modeling.

Testing at the Speed of Light evaluates the nation’s current capabilities and future needs for testing the effects of space radiation on microelectronics to ensure mission success and makes recommendations on how to provide effective stewardship of the necessary radiation test infrastructure for the foreseeable future.

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