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  • Title: Challenges of assuring crew safety in space shuttle missions with international cargoes.
    Author: Vongsouthy C, Stenger-Nguyen PA, Nguyen HV, Nguyen PH, Huang MC, Alexander RG.
    Journal: Acta Astronaut; 2004 Feb; 54(3):215-9. PubMed ID: 14606499.
    Abstract:
    The top priority in America's manned space flight program is the assurance of crew and vehicle safety. This priority gained greater focus during and after the Space Shuttle return-to-flight mission (STS-26). One of the interesting challenges has been to assure crew safety and adequate protection of the Space Shuttle, as a national resource, from increasingly diverse cargoes and operations. The control of hazards associated with the deployment of complex payloads and cargoes has involved many international participants. These challenges are examined in some detail along with examples of how crew safety has evolved in the manned space program and how the international partners have addressed various scenarios involving control and mitigation of potential hazards to crew and vehicle safety.
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