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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 53-55

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... current techniques for characterizing the potential for loss of the crew or the shuttle due to meteoroid or debris impacts · the ability of the current Space Shuttle shielding and operational approaches to protect the space shuttle from meteoroids and debris impacts proposed design modifications to reduce the hazard to the shuttle from meteoroids and debris operational procedures and hardware to reduce the hazard to the shuttle and its crew in the case of damaging meteoroid or debris impacts the space shuttle program's approach to collision avoidance · the need for additional data on the meteoroid/debris environment in the shuttle orbit, and appropriate measures to gather that data .
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  • current techniques
  • shuttle shielding
  • current space
  • debris impacts
  • operational approaches

  • collision avoidance
  • shuttle program
  • debris environment
  • debris operational
  • shuttle orbit

  • shuttle due
  • impacts proposed
  • operational procedures
  • proposed design
  • additional data

  • design modifications
  • appropriate measures
  • damaging meteoroid


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