Download or read book Monitoring Direct Effects of Delta Atlas and Titan Launches from Cape Canaveral Air Station written by Paul A. Schmalzer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monitoring Direct Effects of Delta Atlas and Titan Launches from Cape Canaveral Air Station written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launches of Delta, Atlas, and Titan rockets from Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) have potential environmental effects that could arise from direct impacts of the launch exhaust (e.g., blast, heat), deposition of exhaust products of the solid rocket motors (hydrogen chloride, aluminum oxide), or other effects such as noise. Here we: 1) review previous reports, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements for Delta, Atlas, and Titan vehicles and pad areas to clarity the magnitude of potential impacts; 2) summarize observed effects of 15 Delta, 22 Atlas, and 8 Titan launches; and 3) develop a spatial database of the distribution of effects from individual launches and cumulative effects of launches. The review of previous studies indicated that impacts from these launches can occur from the launch exhaust heat, deposition of exhaust products from the solid rocket motors, and noise. The principal effluents from solid rocket motors are hydrogen chloride (HCl), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), water (H2O), hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide (CO2). The exhaust plume interacts with the launch complex structure and water deluge system to generate a launch cloud. Fall out or rain out of material from this cloud can produce localized effects from acid or particulate deposition. Delta, Atlas, and Titan launch vehicles differ in the number and size of solid rocket boosters and in the amount of deluge water used. All are smaller and use less water than the Space Shuttle. Acid deposition can cause damage to plants and animals exposed to it, acidify surface water and soil, and cause long-term changes to community composition and structure from repeated exposure. The magnitude of these effects depends on the intensity and frequency of acid deposition. Schmalzer, Paul A. and Boyle, Shannon R. and Hall, Patrice and Oddy, Donna M. and Hensley, Melissa A. and Stolen, Eric D. and Duncan, Brean W. Kennedy Space Center...
Download or read book Mars Exploration Rover 2003 Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Horizons Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mars Science Laboratory Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Programmatic Statement for the Mars Exploration Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constellation written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lunar Settlements written by Haym Benaroya and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together some of the most recognized and influential researchers and scientists in various space-related disciplines, Lunar Settlements addresses the many issues that surround the permanent human return to the Moon. Numerous international contributors offer their insights into how certain technological, physiological, and psychological challenges must be met to make permanent lunar settlements possible. The book first looks to the past, covering the Apollo and Saturn legacies. In addition, former astronaut and U.S. Senator Harrison H. Schmitt discusses how to maintain deep space exploration and settlement. The book then discusses economic aspects, such as funding for lunar commerce, managing human resources, and commercial transportation logistics. After examining how cultural elements will fit into habitat design, the text explores the physiological, psychological, and ethical impact of living on a lunar settlement. It also describes the planning/technical requirements of lunar habitation, the design of both manned and modular lunar bases, and the protection of lunar habitats against meteoroids. Focusing on lunar soil mechanics, the book concludes with discussions on lunar concrete, terraforming, and using greenhouses for agricultural purposes. Drawing from the lunar experiences of the six Apollo landing missions to the many American and Soviet robotic missions to current space activities and research, this volume summarizes the problems, prospects, and practicality of enduring lunar settlements. It reflects the key disciplines, including engineering, physics, architecture, psychology, biology, and anthropology, that will play significant roles in establishing these settlements.
Download or read book Streamlining Space Launch Range Safety written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-04-15 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. space program is rapidly changing from an activity driven by federal government launches to one driven by commercial launches. In 1997, for the first time commercial launches outnumbered government launches at the Eastern Range (ER), located at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. Commercial activity is also increasing at the Western Range (WR), located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The government itself is emulating commercial customers, shifting from direct management of launch programs to the purchase of space launch services from U.S. commercial launch companies in an open, competitive market. The fundamental goal of the U.S. space program is to ensure safe, reliable, and affordable access to space. Despite the inherent danger of space launches, the U.S. space program has demonstrated its ability to protect the public. No launch site worker or member of the general public has been killed or seriously injured in any of the 4,600 launches conducted at the ER and WR during the entire 50-year history of the space age. Streamlining Space Launch Range Safety discusses whether range safety processes can be made more efficient and less costly without compromising public safety. This report presents six primary recommendations, which address risk management, Africa gates, roles and responsibilities, range safety documentation [EWR 127-1]), global positioning system (GPS) receiver tracking systems, and risk standards for aircraft and ships.
Download or read book Taming Liquid Hydrogen written by Virginia Parker Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EIS was prepared to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the Proposed Action and No-Action Alternative. The Proposed Action is to allow the addition of up to five strap-on solid rocket motors (SRMs) to the Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) Atlas V Launch vehicle and to allow the use of larger SRMs on the Boeing Delta IV launch vehicle, both of which are part of the EELV program. The launch locations for the Atlas V and Delta IV systems are Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Brevard County, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, in Santa Barbara County, California. For the analysis of the FSEIS, each contractor is assumed to launch approximately 50 percent of EELV flights involving SRMs (approximately 30 launches per year total). The No-Action Alternative is the previously approved implementation of the EELV program that was analyzed in the 1998 FEIS.
Download or read book The Air and Space Lawyer written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interactive Symposium on the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System AWIPS 13 17 January 2002 Orlando Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Investigation of Plume Rise from Titan IV Rocket Launches written by Joseph D. Brands and published by . This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space launches at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (vAFB) produce exhaust ground clouds from the solid rocket boosters and liquid hypergolic fuels containing several toxic substances. In order to estimate the health effects that would be imposed upon the public by scheduled launches, range safety officials rely on the Rocket Exhaust Effluent Diffusion Model to predict ground level concentrations of these substances. A drawback to the REEDM is its underprediction of the initial ground clouds stabilization height. This underprediction causes an overprediction of the ground level toxic substance concentrations. This thesis focused on increasing the accuracy of the clouds stabilization height. Therefore, a model was developed incorporating conservation principles of volume, momentum, and buoyancy to predict stabilization height values. As part of the model a predictive function for the coefficient of entrainment was developed based on meteorological conditions. This rate of entrainment is a critical factor in accurately predicting the rise behavior of ground exhaust clouds.
Download or read book Origins of NASA Names written by Helen T. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ground Cloud Dispersion Measurements During the Titan IV Mission Number K14 22 December 1994 at Cape Canaveral Air Station written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of launch cloud imagery and ground-level HCl measurements performed at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) during the launch of a Titan IV vehicle from Complex 40 on 22 December 1994 are presented. Meteorological data measured at numerous CCAS locations prior to launch and during dispersion of the launch cloud are also presented. Such data will be used to determine how accurately atmospheric dispersion models such as the Rocket Exhaust Effluent Diffusion Model (REEDM) can predict toxic hazard corridors during launches of Titan and other vehicles at the ranges. A wind from the northwest rapidly blew the launch cloud out to sea. This wind prevented the deployment of sensors for far-field (8-40 mi.), downwind HCl monitoring. HCl detectors and dosimeters were thus deployed at selected near-field locations. The responses obtained with these sensors are consistent with the launch cloud's trajectory. REEDM predicted a maximum ground-level HCl concentration 10.5 mi. downwind from Complex 40. No HCl sensors were present at far-field, offshore locations to determine the accuracy of this prediction. Future HCl monitoring efforts will emphasize far-field measurements. (AN).
