EDITORIAL INFORMATION

The 1998 Symposium on Safety, Rescue, and Quality was again organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Committee on Safety, Rescue, and Quality, and its subcommittee on Space Debris.

(Extracted from the Foreword).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Foreword.

-NEW CONCEPTS IN SAFETY, RESCUES AND QUALITY IN SPACE PROGRAMS.

-Introduction of New Quality Control Procedures for Reduction of Cycle and Cost in Ariane Stages Production.
-Application of ISO Certification in Space Business... A Success Story?
-The ECSS Approach to Space Engineering Standardization.
-Where Does Space Business Stand with Respect to ISO 9000?
-An Anthology of System Safety Experiences from the Shuttle/Mir Program with Lessons Available for Governments and Industry.

-RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT.

-Hazards to Spaceflight.
-Introducing the Debate on Risks Due to the Space Environment.
-Risk Management - The Future Role for the Product Assurance Community.
-EEE Part Program and Risk Management for Space Program.
-Complex ICAR - Effective Risk Management Instrument at Creation and Operation of Space Systems.
-Methodical Provision of Risk Estimation on the Basis of Expertise of Dynamics and Control Systems in Space Engineering.

-SPACE DEBRIS MEASUREMENTS, MODELING AND RISK ANALYSIS.

-Cords Research in Collision Hazard and Orbital Debris Analysis.
-Breakup Model Update at NASA/JSC.
-Debris Modeling of Liquid Metal Droplets Released by RORSATs.
-The Consideration of Non Fragmentation Debris in the Master Model.
-The Complexities and Challenges of Space Traffic Modeling.
-Historical Evolution and Current Status of the Number and Mass of Objects in Earth Orbit.
-A Comparison of Statistical Measurements of the Orbital Debris.
-The Effect of Solar Activity on Space Debris Natural Decay.

-SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION.

-Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris.
-Direct Simulation of Space Shuttle Space Debris Flight Damage.
-Risk of Functioning of International Space Station Connected with Influence of Meteoroids and Space Debris.
-Short-Term Debris Risk to the International Space Station Arising from a Spacecraft Fragmentation.
-The Management of the Geostationary Environment.

-NEW CHALLENGES IN SPACE DEBRIS RESEARCH AND APPLICATION.

-Tether Satellite System Collision Study.
-Study on Debris/Meteoroid Collisions with Active Satellites in Orbit.
-A Baseline Specification of the GEO Debris Observation Satellite.
-Innovative Techniques for Small Space Debris Detection.
-Five Months Statistical Results of Orbital Debris Collisions Risks to Iridium and Globalstar Constellations.

-APPENDICES.

-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.

-INDEX.

-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.

OUR REVIEW

The yearly volume published by Univelt, Space Safety and Rescue, brings to specialists and those readers interested in the latest works carried out around such an important issue as safety in the space arena.

This book gathers the articles presented in the corresponding symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, held together with the 49th International Astronautical Federation Congress, between September 28 and October 2, 1998, in Melbourne, Austrañia. This symposium was divided into five sessions.

The work includes such issues as space debris or the new trends in the managing and direction for the improvement of the safety and quality within a more and more reduced budgetary frame.