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Safety Design for Space Operations

Chapter 9. Re-Entry Operations Safety

By: Paul D. Wilde,William Ailor

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Safety Design for Space Operations

Chapter 9. Re-Entry Operations Safety

By: Paul D. Wilde,William Ailor

From the beginning of humankind’s use of space, human-made objects have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and experienced the severe aerodynamic heating and loads characteristic of high-speed atmospheric re-entry. Some of these reentries have generated fragments that survived to impact the Earth’s surface and be hazardous to people and damaging to property. This chapter addresses the safety of both broad types of space hardware re-entries: either controlled so impact is targeted in a specific area, or uncontrolled, where re-entry can occur anywhere within the latitude band defined by the orbital inclination of the reentering object. The overall objective of this chapter is to help prepare safety engineers to answer the ultimate questions involved in the design of safety re-entry operations.

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180

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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ISBN 10

0128054905

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9780128054901

The Survival Imperative

Using Space to Protect Earth

By: William E. Burrows

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The Survival Imperative

Using Space to Protect Earth

By: William E. Burrows

A daring new vision of our future in space from an internationally renowned science journalist.

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324

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Macmillan

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ISBN 10

0765311151

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9780765311153

Blue Highways

A Journey into America

By: William Least Heat-Moon

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Blue Highways

A Journey into America

By: William Least Heat-Moon

Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi." His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.

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458

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Little, Brown

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ISBN 10

0316218545

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9780316218542

Roads to Quoz

An American Mosey

By: William Least Heat-Moon

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Roads to Quoz

An American Mosey

By: William Least Heat-Moon

About a quarter century ago, a previously unknown writer named William Least Heat-Moon wrote a book called Blue Highways. Acclaimed as a classic, it was a travel book like no other. Quirky, discursive, endlessly curious, Heat-Moon had embarked on an American journey off the beaten path. Sticking to the small places via the small roads -- those colored blue on maps -- he uncovered a nation deep in character, story, and charm. Now, for the first time since Blue Highways, Heat-Moon is back on the backroads. Roads to Quoz is his lyrical, funny, and touching account of a series of American journeys into small-town America.

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450

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Little, Brown

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ISBN 10

0316040185

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9780316040181

Here, There, Elsewhere

Stories from the Road

By: William Least Heat-Moon

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Here, There, Elsewhere

Stories from the Road

By: William Least Heat-Moon

From the acclaimed author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth, and Roads to Quoz, a dazzling collection of travel tales from the road. Here, There, Elsewhere draws together for the first time William Least Heat-Moon's greatest short-form travel writing. Personally selected by the writer, these pieces take us from Japan, England, Italy, and Mexico to Long Island, Oregon, Arizona, from small towns to big cities, ocean shores and inland mysteries. Including Heat-Moon's reflections on writing these pieces, Here, There, Elsewhere is much more than the usual collection of amber; it is a coupled summation of craft and memory. A perfect treasury of prose and provocation for readers old and new, Heat-Moon's most recent work reveals his absolute mastery across pages many and few.

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283

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Little, Brown

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0316225010

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9780316225014

The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack

By: William Green,Charles Hindley

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The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack

By: William Green,Charles Hindley

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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377

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385454212

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9783385454217

Architectural Metals

A Guide to Selection, Specification, and Performance

By: L. William Zahner

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Architectural Metals

A Guide to Selection, Specification, and Performance

By: L. William Zahner

The historic breakthroughs in the science of metallurgy over thelast quarter century have produced an array of new metallicbuilding materials. Architects and designers now have a far broaderpalette of metals to choose from than at any other time in history,and metal is fast becoming the star building material featured insome of today's most exciting new building projects. A book whose time has come, Archi-tectural Metals is the firstcomprehensive guide to the metals and metallic finishes currentlyavailable for use in architecture. Learn from a fourth-generationexpert in the field who has, over the past fifteen years, consultedon some of the world's most prestigious building projects.Architectural Metals demystifies metals for architects, artisans,and design professionals providing them with a logical frameworkfor the selection and use of the correct material for the job athand. Encyclopedic in scope, Architectural Metals is an extremelyuser-friendly working resource supplying readers with instantaccess to a wealth of essential information about the forms andbehaviors of metallic building materials. From aluminum, stainlesssteel, copper, lead, and zinc to new metals and finishes such astitanium, pewter-coated copper, and colored stainless steel, itdescribes everything architects, engineers, and designprofessionals need to know about all the common and many uncommonmetals at their disposal. Each chapter of Architectural Metals is devoted to a specific typeof metal, metallic finish, or coating. Each includes a historicaloverview, environmental concerns, an exhaustive description ofavailable forms and (where appropriate) colors, performanceevaluations, finishes, weathering and corrosion characteristics,maintenance and restoration techniques, fastening, welding, andjoining methods, and more. And since each metal-producing industryhas its own unique jargon and systems of measurement, the authortakes pains throughout to define relevant terms and translatemeasurement and thickness indices into familiar inch and millimeterscales. Destined to become a standard in the field, Architectural Metals isan indispensable tool for architects, designers, and artisans whowork with metals. "Metalis the material of our time. It enables architecture tobecome sculpture; it also expresses technological possibility aswell as the time-honored characteristics of quality andpermanence." --From Frank O. Gehry's foreword to ArchitecturalMetals Written by one of the leading experts on architectural metals, thisis the first comprehensive guide to the metals and metallicfinishes and coatings available for use in architecturalconstruction. Growing out of its author's experiences helpingarchitects realize some of the most exciting designs of the pasttwenty years, Architectural Metals: * Demystifies metals for architects and design professionals * Supplies a logical framework for selecting the best materials forthe job at hand * Provides instant access to everything architects and designersneed to

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480

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471045063

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9780471045069

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Safety Design for Space Operations

Safety Design for Space Operations

The Survival Imperative

The Survival Imperative

Blue Highways

Blue Highways

Roads to Quoz

Roads to Quoz

Here, There, Elsewhere

Here, There, Elsewhere

The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack

The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack

Architectural Metals

Architectural Metals

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