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Streamlining space launch range safety / Committee on Space Launch Range Safety, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Committee on Space Launch Range Safety, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, author, issuing body.
- Aeronautics and Space Engineering Staff, author.
- Engineering and Technical Systems Commission, author.
- National Research Council Staff, author.
- Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Staff, author.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rockets (Aeronautics)--United States--Launching--Safety measures.
- Rockets (Aeronautics).
- Launch complexes (Astronautics)--United States--Safety measures.
- Launch complexes (Astronautics).
- Risk management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (69 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In 1997, for the first time commercial launches outnumbered government launches at the Eastern Range (ER), located at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. This title discusses whether range safety processes can be made more efficient and less costly without compromising public safety.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Background""; ""3 Risk Management Approaches to Safety""; ""4 Flight Safety Requirements""; ""5 Incursions""; ""Appendix A Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendix B Biographies of Committee Members""; ""Appendix C Participants in Committee Meetings""; ""Appendix D Studies Related to Space Launch Range Safety""; ""Appendix E Safety Modeling and Analysis""; ""Acronyms""
- Notes:
- "This study was supported by the U.S. Air Force Space Command under contract No. FO5604-99-C-9004"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780309172141
- 0309172144
- 9780309516488
- 030951648X
- OCLC:
- 923255641
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