In Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight, David Shayler examines the challenges that face all crews as they prepare and execute their missions.
The book covers all aspects that make up spaceflight by a human crew - training, launch to space, survival in space and return from space - followed by a series of case histories which tell of the major incidents in each of those categories over the past 40 years. The sixth section looks at the International Space Station and how it is planned, to try and prevent, as far as possible, major incidents occuring during the lifetime of the space station, and at the difficulties facing a settlement on the Moon or Mars during the next 40 years.
Readership:
Space enthusiasts, professionals in the field of spaceflight
Table of Contents
- Section 1 - The Race for Space:
- A Launch Pad to Knowledge.
- The Risk Factor - danger and safety theory.
- Hostile Environment - vacuum/pressure/acceleration/volatile fuels/zero-g/human factors.
- Stratospheric pioneers - manned balloon, high altitude parachute descents, rocket sledge tests.
- The making of the Right Stuff: X plane flying accidents.
- 1960 Nedelin Explosion: Dangers of cryogenics.
- Case History: X-15 Accident November 1967.
- Section 1 Summary.
- Section 2 - Training For Space:
- Overview.
- Case History: Apollo 1 Pad Fire January 1967.
- Section 2 Summary.
- Section 3 - Launch to Space:
- Overview.
- Case History: Soyuz Launch Aborts 1975 and 1983.
- Case History: STS-25 (51L) Launch Explosion 1986.
- Section 3 Summary.
- Section 4 - Survival in Space:
- Overview.
- Case History: Gemini 8 Docking Incident 1966.
- Case History: Apollo 13 Explosion 1970.
- Case Histoy: Mir - Fire and a collision 1997.
- Section 4 Summary.
- Section 5 - Return from Space:
- Overview.
- Case History: Soyuz 1 Landing Accident 1967.
- Case History: Soyuz 11 Decompression 1971.
- Section 5 Summary.
- Section 6 - The Future:
- ISS - Space Complex with a Complex Problem.
- Return to Moon.
- Mars.
- Further Out.
- Section 6 Summary.
- Conclusions:
- The Lessons Learnt.
- End Papers
- Appendix:
- Supporting Tables.
- Glossary.
- Chronological Bibliography.
- List of Photos and Illustrations.
- Index.
Springer Praxis, 2000, 470 S.
35,26 Euro
Broschiert, numerous figs.
ISBN: 978-1-85233-225-9
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