Download or read book Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Annual Report for 2010 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NASA Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science and Space and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Safe Is Not An Option written by Rand Simberg and published by Interglobal Media LLC. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of exploration and establishment of new lands, science and technologies has always entailed risk to the health and lives of the explorers. Yet, when it comes to exploring and developing the high frontier of space, the harshest frontier ever, the highest value is apparently not the accomplishment of those goals, but of minimizing, if not eliminating, the possibility of injury or death of the humans carrying them out. For decades since the end of Apollo, human spaceflight has been very expensive and relatively rare (about 500 people total, with a death rate of about 4%), largely because of this risk aversion on the part of the federal government and culture. From the Space Shuttle, to the International Space Station, the new commercial crew program to deliver astronauts to it, and the regulatory approach for commercial spaceflight providers, our attitude toward safety has been fundamentally irrational, expensive and even dangerous, while generating minimal accomplishment for maximal cost. This book entertainingly explains why this means that we must regulate passenger safety in the new commercial spaceflight industry with a lighter hand than many might instinctively prefer, that NASA must more carefully evaluate rewards from a planned mission to rationally determine how much should be spent to avoid the loss of participants, and that Congress must stop insisting that safety is the highest priority, for such insistence is an eloquent testament to how unimportant they and the nation consider the opening of this new
Download or read book Radiation in Space Relevance and Risk for Human Missions written by Christine E. Hellweg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the series Springer Briefs in Space Life Sciences explains the physics and biology of radiation in space, defines various forms of cosmic radiation and their dosimetry, and presents a range of exposure scenarios. It also discusses the effects of radiation on human health and describes the molecular mechanisms of heavy charged particles’ deleterious effects in the body. Lastly, it discusses countermeasures and addresses the vital question: Are we ready for launch? Written for researchers in the space life sciences and space biomedicine, and for master’s students in biology, physics, and medicine, the book will also benefit all non-experts endeavouring to understand and enter space.
Download or read book Technological Innovation and Prize Incentives written by Luciano Kay and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÔThe recent renaissance in the use of prizes to spur innovation and extraordinary novel performance warrants close attention. Luciano Kay does so through a series of compelling case studies which shows the potential of prizes, the range of factors that influence their performance and the importance of understanding their non-pecuniary dimensions, even when there is a substantial purse. This is an important contribution to the innovation literature.Õ Ð David J. Teece, University of California, Berkeley, US ÔIn the last decade innovation prizes have caught the imagination of policy makers and rich donors alike; those who actually care about the process and outcome of prizes and not only the hype, would do well to read LucianoÕs new book.Õ Ð Dan (Danny) Breznitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, US Inducement prizes Ð in which cash rewards are offered to motivate the attainment of specific targets Ð have long been used to stimulate scientific discovery and technology research and development. This volume presents an empirical investigation of the effect of these prizes on innovation. In this in-depth study, Luciano Kay focuses on three recent cases of prize competitions in the aerospace industry: the Google Lunar X Prize, the Ansari X Prize and the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. Using a combination of real-time and historical analysis based on personal interviews, workplace visits and questionnaire and document data analysis, the author examines the particular dynamics of the prize phenomenon and offers a comprehensive discussion of the potential of prizes to induce innovation. This fascinating volume also sets out a systematic method to studying prize incentives, offering a concrete innovation model and case study design approach that will prove highly useful to further research efforts in the field. Scholars, policymakers and corporate officials interested in incentives for innovation and the practical implementation of prize competitions will find this an invaluable resource. Potential prize sponsors and entrepreneurs, professionals and other individuals or organizations interested in participating in such competitions will also find much of interest in this groundbreaking book.
Download or read book Theory of Aerospace Propulsion written by P. M. Sforza and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 IDEALIZED FLOW MACHINES -- Chapter 2 QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW EQUATIONS -- Chapter 3 IDEALIZED CYCLE ANALYSIS OF JET ENGINES -- Chapter 4 COMBUSTION CHAMBERS FOR AIRBREATHING ENGINES -- Chapter 5 NOZZLES -- Chapter 6 INLETS -- Chapter 7 TURBOMACHINERY -- Chapter 8 BLADE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINES -- Chapter 9. TURBINE ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND COMPONENT INTEGRATION -- Chapter 10 PROPELLERS -- Chapter 11 LIQUID ROCKETS -- Chapter 12 SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKETS -- Chapter 13 NUCLEAR ROCKETS -- Chapter 14 SPACE PROPULSION -- Chapter 15. PROPULSION ASPECTS OF HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT -- Appendix A: SHOCK WAVES, EXPANSIONS, TABLES AND CHARTS -- Appendix B: PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBON FUEL COMBUSTION -- Appendix C: EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- Appendix D: BOOST PHASE AND STAGING OF ROCKETS -- Appendix E: SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENT -- Appendix F: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE -- Appendix G: THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SELECTED SPECIES.
Download or read book Key Issues and Challenges Facing NASA written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the Senate of the United States of America written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space Safety is No Accident written by Tommaso Sgobba and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the proceedings from the 7th IAASS Conference, "Space Safety is No Accident," held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in October 2014. The 7th IAASS Conference, “Space Safety is No Accident” is an invitation to reflect and exchange information on a number of topics in space safety and sustainability of national and international interest. The conference is also a forum to promote mutual understanding, trust and the widest possible international cooperation in such matters. The once exclusive “club” of nations with autonomous sub-orbital and orbital space access capabilities is becoming crowded with fresh and ambitious new entrants. New commercial spaceports are starting operations and others are being built. In the manned spaceflight arena a commercial market is becoming a tangible reality with suborbital spaceflights and government use of commercial services for cargo and crew transportation to orbit. Besides the national ambitions in space, the international cooperation both civil and commercial is also gaining momentum. In the meantime robotic space exploration will accelerate and with it the need to internationally better regulate the usage of nuclear power sources. Space-bound systems and aviation traffic will share more and more a crowded airspace, while aviation will increasingly rely on space-based safety-critical services. Finally, most nations own nowadays space assets, mainly satellites of various kinds and purposes, which are under the constant threat of collision with other spacecraft and with the ever increasing number of space debris. Awareness is increasing internationally (as solemnly declared since decades in space treaties) that space is a mankind asset and that we all have the duty of caring for it. Without proactive and courageous international initiatives to organize space, we risk to negate access and use of space to future generations.
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Download or read book The Plundering of NASA an Expos written by R.D. Boozer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, here is a book peering behind the veil of Congressional politics which force NASA to do the bidding of regional interests that cripple the nation's capabilities in both exploring outer space and exploiting its enormous economic potential. Presenting the opinions of astronauts, prominent rocket scientists and space policy analysts while also revealing unpublicized studies conducted by NASA, industry and universities, The Plundering of NASA: An Expose combines into one book many of the facts the major media have either ignored or not discovered. Expert sources explain modern and economically practical solutions that can allow NASA to exceed its former Apollo glory within its current budget. In short, the book relates how honest misconceptions, greed, and an outdated faction within NASA itself cause our nation to get less for its space agency tax dollars than it could and should.
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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science the Departments of State Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
