Confronting Space Debris

Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon

von William Welser, Dave Baiocchi

156 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Orbital space debris represents a growing threat to the operation of man-made systems in space. With the goal of guiding future mitigation or remediation efforts, this monograph examines nine comparable problems that share similarities with orbital debris: acid rain, U.S. commercial airline security, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons, hazardous waste, oil spills, radon, email spam, and U.S. border control.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• ISBN: 9780833050564
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2011
• Größe: 226 x 150 mm
• Verlag: RAND Corporation