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Assessing the readniess for human commercial spaceflight safety regulations : charting a trajectory from revolutionary to routine travel /

Douglas C. Ligor, Author | Santa Monica, CA : The RAND Corporation | 2023

At Congress's request, RAND researchers assessed the progress that the commercial spaceflight industry has made in adopting voluntary safety standards, the industry's progress in meeting key metrics set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FA[...]

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2022 space safety compedium : guiding the future of spaceflight

Samira Patel, Editor ; Josef S. Koller, Editor | United States : The Aerospace Corporation | 2022

Each chapter of this compendium describes key high priority areas that should be addressed over the next few years. Each subsection covers an issue topic that the Space Safety Institute has examined extensively and concludes with specific recomm[...]

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Considerations in assuring safety of increasingly autonomous systems [STUB]

Erin Alves, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CR | 2018

Recent technological advances have accelerated the development and application of increasingly hide autonomous (IA) systems in civil and military aviation [34]. IA systems can provide automation of complex mission tasks-ranging across reduced[...]

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Safety and mission assurance acronyms, abbreviations, and definitions

Alfredo E. Colon, Author ; Pedro M. Rivera, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2018

This NASA Technical Handbook compiles into a single volume safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality assurance and risk management terms defined and used in NASA safety and mission assurance directives and standards. The purpose of this [...]

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Space safety and human performance

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2018

'Space Safety and Human Performance' provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of th[...]

Space safety and human performance

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2018

'Space Safety and Human Performance' provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of th[...]

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Space traffic control

Stuart Eves, Author | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics | 2017

In Space Traffic Control, Stuart Eves makes a deliberate analogy between operations in space and air traffic control. Space Traffic Control considers the systems and procedures which can provide solutions to the problem of space debris and concl[...]

Understanding what it means for assurance cases to “work”

David J. Rhinehart, Author ; John C. Knight, Author ; Jonathan Rowanhill, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CR | 2017

This report is the result of our year-long investigation into assurance case practices and effectiveness. Assurance cases are a method for working toward acceptable critical system performance. They represent a significant thread of applied ass[...]

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The international handbook of space technology

Malcolm Macdonald, Editor ; Viorel Badescu, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2014

The international handbook of space technology

Malcolm Macdonald, Editor ; Viorel Badescu, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2014

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Safety design for space operations

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor ; Firooz A. Allahdadi, Editor ; Isabelle Rongier, Editor ; Paul D. Wilde, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann | 2013

Endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and drawing on the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field, Safety Design for Space Operations provides the practical how-to guidance and knowled[...]

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Safety design for space operations

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor ; Firooz A. Allahdadi, Editor ; Isabelle Rongier, Editor ; Paul D. Wilde, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann | 2013

Endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and drawing on the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field, Safety Design for Space Operations provides the practical how-to guidance and knowled[...]

Safety design for space systems

Gary Musgrave, Editor ; Axel Larsen, Editor ; Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2009

Introduction to space safety -- The space environment : natural and induced -- Overview of bioastronautics -- Basic principles of space safety -- Human rating concepts -- Life support systems safety -- Emergency systems -- Collision avoidance s[...]

Space station crew safety alternatives study : final report

R. L. Peercy ; R. F. Raasch ; L. A. Rockoff | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CR | 1985

Contingency planning for space-flight emergencies

S. H. Dole ; K. B. Bley ; H. G. Campbell | Santa Monica, CA : The RAND Corporation | Memorandum RM-5200-NASA | 1967