Limiting future collision risk to spacecraft : an assessment of NASA's meteoroid and orbital debris programs / Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Orbital Debris Program, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of The National Academies.

"Derelict satellites, equipment and other debris orbiting Earth (aka space junk) have been accumulating for many decades and could damage or even possibly destroy satellites and human spacecraft if they collide. During the past 50 years, various National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA...

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Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Orbital Debris Programs, National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:	United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space vehicles > Meteoroid protection. Space debris > Risk assessment. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics. Space vehicles > Meteoroid protection
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Table of Contents:

Introduction and Historical Background
Orbital Debris Environment: Detection and Monitoring
Orbital Debris Modeling and Simulation
The Meteoroid Environment and Its Effects on Spacecraft
Risk Assessment and Uncertainty
Spacecraft Protection in the MMOD Environment
Mitigation of Orbital Debris
Hazards Posed by Reentry of Orbital Debris
Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis and Launch Collision Avoidance
Spacecraft Anomalies
Issues External to NASA
Management and Organizational Issues
Preparing for the Future
Compiled List of Findings and Recommendations
Appendixes
Letter of Request
Statement of Task
Committee and Staff Biographical Information
Acronyms
Glossary
Reprinted Workshop Report.

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