FOREWORD    vii

THE CHALLENGE OF QUALITY AND SAFETY FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 1999    1

Process Based Mission Assurance (IAA 99-6.1.01), J. Steven Newman    3

Analysis of Promising Trends in Creation of Technology to Rescue Launch Vehicles Jettisoned Parts and Increase Safety at Impact Areas (IAA 99-6.1.03), E. P. Kompanietz and Y. T. Shatrov    15

Methodology for Assessment of Safety Constrained Operations (IAA 99-6.1.04), M. Delarche    25

CBERS – An International Space Cooperation Program (IAA 99-6.1.05), Carlos de Oliveira Lino, Maury Gonçalves Rodrigues Lima and Genésio Luiz Hubscher    39

Human-Rating of Spacecraft for International Endeavors (IAA 99-6.1.06), R. L. Peercy, Jr., J. W. Seastrom, R. Hashimoto, C. Vongsouthy-Huang, G. W. Johnson, B. I. Sotnikov, N. Brukhanov and E. Rodman    47

Streamlining System Safety Processes for International Space Programs (IAA 99-6.1.07), R. L. Peercy, Jr., R. A. Dueease, J. J. Capaleni, J. R. Eyman, D. W. Valentine and K.M. Faubion    55

THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 1999    63

Risk Balancing Profile Tool (IAA 99-6.2.01), Michael A. Greenfield    65

Risk Management Procedures:  Application of Technical Risk Assessment In FESTIP (IAA 99-6.2.06), P. González    73

Project Management FMEA (IAA 99-6.2.07), Kunio Aimono, Hiroshi Horiguchi and Toshio Fukushima    85

Reliability Apportionment for Complex Launch Vehicles (IAA 99-6.2.08), K. Santhamma and K. Seenaiah    93

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT: A KEY DISCIPLINE FOR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 2000    101

Failure-Space: A Systems Engineering Look at 50 Space System Failures (IAA 00-6.2.01), J. Steven Newman    103

Risk Management: Lessons Learned from the Development of the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (IAA 00-6.2.02), J. L. Macret and J. L. Tisné    119

Improving Safety and Reliability of Next Generation Launch Vehicles (IAA 00-6.2.04), Gaspare Maggio, Dennis G. Pelaccio, Stephen A. Cook and David M. Anderson    131

NASDA’s New Approach to Mission Success: The Kyo-Kun System (IAA 00-6.2.06), Takafumi Matsuda, Koichi Suzuki and Yumeko Miyachi    143

NASA’s Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment for Safety Upgrades (IAA 00-6.2.07), Michael A. Greenfield    153

COPING WITH THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT 1999    161

Space Weather Forecasting from the Solar X-Ray Imager (IAA 99-6.3.01), James R. Lemen, Frank M. Friedlaender and Patricia L. Bornman    163

Space Weather: What is at Stake for Europe (IAA 99-6.3.02)

Jacques Breton, Jean-Yves Prado, Manola Romero, Daniel Boscher, Jean-Louis Bougeret and Pierre Lantos    171

Coping With Big Storms in the Earth’s Radiation Belts: Trends in Engineering Models (IAA 99-6.3.04), D. Boscher, A. Vacaresse, S. Bourdarie, R. Friedel and T. Cayton    187

SPACE WEATHER ISSUES 2000    199

“Living With a Star: The NASA Space Weather Initiative” (IAA 00-6.3.01), A. V. Diaz    201

What is Really Needed to Nowcast/Forecast Relativistic Particle Variations Near the Earth? (IAA 00-6.3.03), D. Boscher, M. Romero and S. Bourdarie    213

Single Event Effect Measurement and its Countermeasure Experiment in Space (IAA 00-6.3.04), J. R. Cai, Y. L. Lin and H. X. Sun    223

Sudden Creation of a New Helium Radiation Belt and its Consequence for Space Weather: A Modeling Approach (IAA 00-6.3.05), G. I. Pugacheva, A. A. Gusev, I. Martin, W. N. Spjeldvik, D. Boscher, S. Bourdarie    231

Next Generation Mapping of the Earth’s Radiation Environment:  The Radiation and Technology Development (RTD) Mission (IAA 00-6.3.06), Steven A. Curtis, J. Oberright, J. Barth, D. Folta and N. Johnson    243

APPENDICES    251

Publications of the American Astronautical Society    252

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences    253
Science and Technology Series    260
AAS History Series    267

INDEX    269

Numerical Index    271

Author Index    273