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Space safety and rescue 1979-1981: Worldwide disaster response, rescue and safety employing space-borne systemsSelected papers from the 1979, 1980, and 1981 IAA symposia on space safety and rescue and on worldwide disaster response, safety, and rescue employing spaceborne systems are presented. Available papers published elsewhere and those presented at the 1976, 1977, and 1978 symposia are presented in abstract form. Subjects discussed include man-made space debris, nuclear-waste disposal in space, space-station safety design, psychological training, the introduction of female crewmembers, analysis of the November 23, 1980 earthquake as a design basis for satellite emergency communication, disaster warning using the GOES satellite, and satellite communications for disaster relief operations. Three reviews of the application of space technology to emergency and disaster relief and prevention, given at other symposia in 1981, are presented in an appendix. No individual items are abstracted in this volume
Document ID
19830059543
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Brown, J. W.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
83A40761
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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