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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457208903321

Titolo

Limiting future collision risk to spacecraft [[electronic resource] ] : an assessment of NASA's meteoroid and orbital debris programs / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-37640-7

9786613376404

0-309-21975-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

629.4

Soggetti

Space vehicle accidents - Prevention

Space vehicles - Meteoroid protection

Space debris

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Orbital Debris Programs, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Historical Background""; ""2 Orbital Debris Environment: Detection and Monitoring""; ""3 Orbital Debris Modeling and Simulation""; ""4 The Meteoroid Environment and Its Effects on Spacecraft""; ""5 Risk Assessment and Uncertainty""; ""6 Spacecraft Protection in the MMOD Environment""; ""7 Mitigation of Orbital Debris""; ""8 Hazards Posed by Reentry of Orbital Debris""; ""9 Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis and Launch Collision Avoidance""; ""10 Spacecraft Anomalies""

""11 Issues External to NASA""""12 Management and Organizational Issues""; ""13 Preparing for the Future""; ""14 Compiled List of Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Letter of Request""; ""Appendix B: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographical Information""; ""Appendix D: Acronyms""; ""Appendix E: Glossary""; ""Appendix F: Reprinted Workshop Report""