Safety Design for Space Systems

Tommaso Sgobba, Gary Eugene Musgrave, Gary Johnson, Michael T. Kezirian

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9780323956550
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Aeronautic & Astronautic Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The lack of widespread education in space safety engineering and management has profound effects on project team effectiveness in integrating safety during design. On one side, it slows down the professional development of junior safety engineers, while on the other side it creates a sectarian attitude that isolates safety engineers from the rest of the project team. To speed up professional development, bridge the gap within the team, and prevent hampered communication and missed feedback, the entire project team needs to acquire and develop a shared culture of space safety principles and techniques.The second edition of Safety Design for Space Systems continues to address these issues with substantial updates to chapters such as battery safety, life support systems, robotic systems safety, and fire safety. This book also features new chapters on crew survivability design and nuclear space systems safety. Finally, the discussion of human rating concepts, safety-by-design principles, and safety management practices have also been revised and improved. With contributions from leading experts worldwide, this second edition represents an essential educational resource and reference tool for engineers and managers working on space projects. - Provides basic multidisciplinary knowledge on space systems safety design - Addresses how space safety engineering and management can be implemented in practice - Includes new chapters on crew survivability design and nuclear space systems safety - Fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field

Table of contents

• Safety Design for Space Systems
• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• List of Contributors
• About the Editors
• Preface to the first edition
• Preface to the second edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 The space environment: natural and induced
• Chapter 3 Overview of bioastronautics
• Chapter 4 Space safety engineering and management
• Chapter 5 Safety policy and human rating
• Chapter 6 Probabilistic risk assessment with emphasis on design
• Chapter 7 Safety considerations for the ground environment
• Chapter 8 Emergency and crew survival systems
• Chapter 9 Space debris protection
• Chapter 10 Docking systems design
• Chapter 11 Parachute system design
• Chapter 12 Materials safety
• Chapter 13 Containment of hazardous materials
• Chapter 14 Propellant systems safety
• Chapter 15 Environmental impact of propulsion systems and green alternatives
• Chapter 16 Life support systems safety
• Chapter 17 Fire safety
• Chapter 18 Oxygen systems safety
• Chapter 19 Avionics safety
• Chapter 20 Software system safety
• Chapter 21 Battery safety
• Chapter 22 Space nuclear systems safety design
• Chapter 23 Mechanical systems safety
• Chapter 24 Pyrotechnic safety
• Chapter 25 Laser safety
• Chapter 26 Extravehicular activity safety
• Chapter 27 Robotic systems safety
• Appendix A Probability of cancer casualty constraint for exposures to radioactive materials
• Appendix B Risk estimation methodology for RPS & RHU launch accidents
• Index