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Limiting future collision risk to spacecraft : an assessment of NASA's meteoroid and orbital debris programs /

"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 (NA...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Orbital Debris Programs, National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
Subjects:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Space vehicles > Meteoroid protection.
Space debris > Risk assessment > United States.
Online Access:http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13244

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