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Why it pays to test before you fly
Larry Maloney
4/5/2011 5:39 AM EDT
In a recent interview with T&M World's contributing editor Larry Maloney, John Monahan president of RT Logic described his companies communications-test and signal-monitoring technologies. He explained that in test equipment for demanding aerospace applications performance is essential. You must be able to absolutely trust that a piece of test equipment will give you accurate stimulus and measurement for the unit under test. Flexibility is also a key attribute. Test equipment can be expensive, and engineers want to use it from project to project, which is why RT Logic creates modular instruments that engineers can reconfigure easily. Modularity allows you to reduce costs at the outset and add to the system over time.
Monahan is also a former NASA flight controller and explained what he sees as NASA's priorities in the post-Shuttle era. "NASA will need to have a cost-effective way of supporting the International Space Station without the Shuttle. Moving forward, we must continue to maintain an astronaut corps and the cadre of specialists who support the space station," said Monahan.
Read the full interview: Why it pays to test before you fly
Monahan is also a former NASA flight controller and explained what he sees as NASA's priorities in the post-Shuttle era. "NASA will need to have a cost-effective way of supporting the International Space Station without the Shuttle. Moving forward, we must continue to maintain an astronaut corps and the cadre of specialists who support the space station," said Monahan.
Read the full interview: Why it pays to test before you fly
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