CONTENTS
(Volume 88, Science and Technology Series, 
Space Safety and Rescue 1994)
Page

FOREWORD vii

SPACE SYSTEM SAFETY AND CREW RESCUE 1

Evaluation of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety - Requirements for Manned Space Vehicles with Extended on-Orbit Stay Time (IAA 94-673), S. Carlier, M. Coindoz, L. Deneuville, L. Garbellini and A. Altavilla 3

Landing of a Manned Reentry Capsule: The Ground Population Safety Aspects (IAA 94-674), J. Magné and G. Pianca 19

Quantifying the Risk of Aircraft Crashes Near an Airport (IAA 94-675), E. J. Smith 35

Fail-Safe Ascent of Space Transport Systems (IAA 94-676), A. S. Filatyev 49

SPACE DEBRIS AND SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS 57

Debris Cloud Evolution: Mathematical Modeling and Application to Satellite Constellation Design (IAA 94-677), Emilio Frazzoli, Giovanni B. Palmerini and Filippo Graziani 59

Iridium Debris Mitigation Practices: An Update (IAA 94-679), Robert E. Penny, Jr. and P. A. Swan 73

Teledesic Global Wireless Broadband Network System Architecture, Technologies and Design Features (IAA 94-702), Robert W. Haight, J. R. Stuart and R. E. Coffey 77

RISK MANAGEMENT 91

Developing a Risk Management Program for Commercial Space Transportation (IAA 94-681), Derek E. Lang 93

The Role of Coverage Testing, Statistical User Testing, Verification and Validation in Obtaining High Reliability and Safety (IAA 94-682), T. Skramstad 103

Approach to Assure Payload Safety for Spacelab and MIR (IAA 94-683), Willi A. Ziesmann 113

Communicating the Results from a Risk Management Process - A Decision Theoretic Approach (IAA 94-684), Magne V. Aarset 121

An Executable System Engineering Process Model Template Used to Reduce Development Risks (IAA 94-685), T. Skramstad and N. Tronstad 135

Risk Management in the North Sea Offshore Industry: History, Status and Challenges (IAA 94-686), E. J. Smith 147

SPACE DEBRIS: MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING 159

Application of Movable Receiving Stations to a Space-Debris Monitoring Radar (IAA 94-687), Tadashi Takano and Masanobu Yajima 161

Measurements and Modeling of the Space Debris Environment (IAA 94-688), W. Flury, H. Klinkrad, G. Janin, R. Jehn, G. Drolshagen and R. Czichy 169

Density and Mass Distributions of Orbital Debris (IAA 94-689), P. D. Anz-Meador and A. E. Potter 181

Application Features of the MASTER Debris Model Developed for ESA (IAA 94-690), Holger Sdunnus, Heiner Klinkrad, Dietrich Rex and Jörg J. Bendisch 197

The Contribution of Debris Wakes From Resident Space Objects to the Orbital Debris Environment (IAA 94-692), T. D. Maclay and D. S. McKnight 215

CNES Space Debris Activities Relative to Modelization and Trajectography (IAA 94-694), F. Alby 229

Minimum-Resource Sensor System to Characterize Near-Earth  Space Debris (IAA 94-UN-Num), Stephen H. Knowles 243

SPACE DEBRIS: ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS 251

Space Debris: An Engineering Solution With an Autonomous Space Robot (IAA 94-695), Kumar Ramohalli and Jennifer Jackson 253

The Recent Fragmentations of LEO Upper Stages (IAA 94-696), G. Chernyavskiy, N. Morozov, N. L. Johnson, D. S. McKnight and T. D. Maclay 267

Measures to Reduce Contamination of Space by the Zenit LV (IAA 94-697), S. Konyukhov and M. Volshin 281

Orbital Debris Minimization Design and Operations Strategies (IAA 94-698), Joseph P. Loftus, Jr. 285

APPENDICES 293

Publications of the American Astronautical Society 295

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 296

Science and Technology Series 302

AAS History Series 308

INDEX

Numerical Index 311

Author Index 313