NASA-STD-5017A, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANISMS (31-JUL-2015)
NASA-STD-5017A, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANISMS (31-JUL-2015)., The purpose of this standard is to establish common design and development requirements
across National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Centers for the design of
aerospace mechanisms whose correct operation is required for safety or program success.
Collecting the requirements in a NASA standard allows each NASA program to rely upon an
established set of practices that have proved heritage and that have been developed from lessons
learned across a spectrum of design applications. This standard is designed to be applied to
flight mechanisms that are designed, built, or acquired by or for NASA, though it may also serve
as a useful guidance document for other systems such as ground support equipment (GSE). This
document addresses technical functional requirements only and specifically does not address
human factors requirements.