English | 2021 | Original PDF | 140 MB | 698 Pages
Gregory E. Chamitoff, Srinivas Rao Vadali,1624103995, 9781624103995, 978-1624103995
The purpose of Human Spaceflight
Operations: Lessons Learned from 60 Years in Space is to share
collective experience on human spaceflight operations. For the many
authors, this is nothing less than a work of passion. They are sharing
their life s work with the goal of passing on their experience to the
next generation of space engineers, designers, operators, and crew.
The
lessons learned are applicable to anyone working in the space industry
as part of a current or future national or international space
program, private space enterprise, human, or robotic mission. The book s
chapters cover the primary technical disciplines related to
spaceflight operations. In each case, the essential concepts and
evolution of the systems and technology are discussed in some detail,
but the focus is on how spaceflight operations are performed. Lessons
learned are derived from incidents that occurred during actual space
missions. Some of these lessons are explained directly by the
astronauts who experienced them firsthand.
This
is not a book on space mission design, of which there are many. The
aim is to shine light on the subject of space operations, as distinct
from engineering design. However, the most important lesson is perhaps
that operational requirements must be considered very carefully in the
design process. The subjects covered are wide ranging, but all within
the scope of human space mission operations. There are many other
space-related lessons learned beyond operations political, financial,
managerial, and these can be found in some of the references provided.
It is the hope of the authors that through the process of explaining
how things really work in Space and Mission Control, future missions
can benefit from the experience (and mistakes) of so many pioneers that
have come before.
