Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of Nasa's Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs

by National Research Council, Committee for the Assessment of NASA's O, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

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 (NASA) communities have contributed significantly to maturing meteoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) programs to their current state. Satellites have been redesigned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309219744
• ISBN13: 9780309219747
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 178 Pages