Why Fault Detection Isolation Recovery (FDIR)? Improve the likelihood of mission success by minimizing the downtime Increase productivity Prevent loss of opportunities Reduce safety risk For manned missions, longer system downtime implies higher risk to the astronauts Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Why Fault Detection Isolation & Recovery (FDIR)? • Improve the likelihood of mission success by minimizing the downtime. – Increase productivity – Prevent loss of opportunities – Reduce safety risk • For manned missions, longer system downtime implies higher risk to the astronauts