Simulation of range safety for the NASA space shuttle

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-106

  Rabelo, Luis C ^a   Sepulveda, Jose ^a   Compton, Jeppie ^b   Turner, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Risk management; Safety measures; Simulation; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SAFETY MEASURES; SPACE EXPLORATION; SPACE RANGE SAFETY;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 33645458116     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17488840610653405     Document Type: Article

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