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Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Management, Committee on Space Shuttle Meteoroid/Debris Risk
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris; Copyright; Preface; REFERENCES; Contents; Executive Summary; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; TOOLS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; RISK MITIGATION; 1 Introduction; REFERENCE; 2 Risk to the Orbiter and Crew; ORBITER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORBITER DESIGN; Thermal Protection System; Orbiter Primary Structure; ORBITER VULNERABILITY; Critical and Near-Critical Damage; Mission-Limiting Damage; Other Damage; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; REFERENCES; 3 Risk Management Strategy; CURRENT APPROACH; Overall Guidelines for Risk.
  • Assessing Risks for Individual Shuttle MissionsRefining Risk Assessments; ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS; Guidelines for Overall Risk; Assessing Risks for Individual Shuttle Missions; Refining Risk Assessments; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 4 Tools for Risk Assessment; CURRENT APPROACH; Models of the Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Environment; BUMPER; ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS; ORDEM96; Population Variability over Time; Improving ORDEM96; BUMPER; Impactor Size, Shape, and Velocity; Improving BUMPER; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 5 Collision Avoidance; CURRENT APPROACH; Collision Warning Capabilities.
  • Prelaunch WarningsOn-Orbit Operations; Proposed New Collision Warning Technique; ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS; Catalog Completeness; NASA/DOD Cooperation; New Approach to Collision Warnings; NASA Flight Rules for Collision Avoidance; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 6 Risk Mitigation; CURRENT APPROACH; Constraining On-Orbit Attitude; Extravehicular Activity; Damage Control and Repair; Hardware Modifications; ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS; Constraining On-Orbit Attitude; Damage Control and Repair; Hardware Modifications; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; Acronyms; Appendices; Appendix A Statement of Task.