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Is full spacecraft redundancy a requirement for MIDEX? If not an explicit requirement, can it be inferred implicitly as a recommended architecture?

April 26, 2017Architecture explicit implicitly inferred midex recommended redundancy requirement spacecraft

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Is full spacecraft redundancy a requirement for MIDEX? If not an explicit requirement, can it be inferred implicitly as a recommended architecture?

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To quote from the MIDEX Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance document in the Explorer Program Library “Reliability considerations for the MIDEX Program are bounded by programmatic demands for scientific excellence, low cost, and rapid development.