Crisis at Low Earth Orbit: Sabotage of the International Space Station

Crisis at Low Earth Orbit: Sabotage of the International Space Station

Author: Dave Felsburg

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781632212078

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The historic all-cosmonaut spacewalk had just completed. The crew of the international space station was reconfiguring its systems for routine flight. They felt the customary ignition of the thruster engines to correct for changes in the station's low Earth orbit during the eight-hour spacewalk. This time, they felt the engines ignite two more times in just six minutes. The scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and operators at US Space Force's Space Operations Center at Vandenburg, were reporting orbital changes for thousands of space objects. Some changes were causing orbital intersections threatening both objects involved. For the space station, such a collision would result in loss of lives. Whatever this problem was, it established a Crisis at Low Earth Orbit. Time was scarce as NASA and the USSF began emergency coordination with its top technologists to find the problem and save the space station and its crew. They looked to Dr. Doug Dugan to lead the isolation and repair efforts quickly. Dugan had exceptional expertise in all the systems and agencies involved in this crisis. He had solved major defense system problems before; could he solve this Crisis at Low Earth Orbit in time? Dr. Dave Felsburg, having completed his six-textbook series on outreach, evangelism, and church growth, offers his third novel from the technical side of his forty-year bivocational career. The doctor holds engineering degrees at the bachelor's and master's levels, a diploma and four years of post-graduate seminary work, and a PhD in organizational behavior and management. His secular work was in design, development and deployment of missile warning, space surveillance and atmospheric defense sensors and command and control systems for the US Government. His career traversed civilian and military Government service, executive management, and entrepreneurial leadership of four companies he founded. He lives with his wife, Isabel in central Florida.


The Space Debris Crisis

The Space Debris Crisis

Author: Edgar M. Hollandsworth (III.)

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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The growth of man-made debris in Earth's orbits has accelerated in the past decade to the point that uncontrolled cascading collisions between debris and active spacecraft is now occurring in low Earth orbit (LEO). A Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test in 2007 and the Cosmos-Iridium collision in 2009 added significantly to the mass of debris in LEO. The space powers are now confronted with a stark choice: either work together to actively manage their use of the space environment, or learn to live without it. Current national policies and practices, space law, and international voluntary guidelines for mitigation of space debris offer a necessary, but insufficient, strategic solution to the space debris crisis. A radically new governance regime, codified in a legally-binding treaty, is needed to actively manage the space environment around Earth. The main objective of this treaty would be to ensure Earth's orbits do not become so congested that their use would become too dangerous or expensive. This regime would require space powers to cooperate to share limited orbital resources and space situational awareness information to a degree that has never been attempted before.


Sabotage in Space

Sabotage in Space

Author: Rockwell Carey

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781318839360

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Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space

Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space

Author: Todd Harrison

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 1538140322

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The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect satellites from attack. This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to deter adversaries from attack. A wide range of active and passive defenses are available to protect space systems and the ground infrastructure they depend upon from different types of threats. This report captures a range of active and passive defenses that are theoretically possible and discusses the advantages and limitations of each. A group of technical space and national security experts supported the analysis by working through several plausible scenarios that explore a range of defenses that may be needed, concepts for employing different types of defenses, and how defensive actions in space may be perceived by others. These scenarios and the findings that resulted from subsequent conversations with experts are reported in the penultimate chapter of the report. Finally, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project team offers conclusions drawn from the analysis, actionable recommendations for policymakers, and additional research topics to be explored in future work.


Whither Space Power?

Whither Space Power?

Author: Simon P. Worden

Publisher:

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781410219800

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The influence of space power pervades almost every sphere and level of human existence, from politics to military affairs to commercial activities to cultural mind-sets. Yet there is little to be found today in the way of coherent space power doctrine and strategy, particularly in national security circles. To what extent do our national interests rely on space? How shall we defend our interests in space and how shall we deny our adversaries the benefits of space power in time of conflict? How can we control and exploit the space environment? How can we effectively wield space power against the full spectrum of threats -- from the lone terrorist to global peer competitors? What should be our long-range strategy and objectives if our goal is to achieve and maintain long-term space superiority? The purpose of this paper is two fold: first, to illuminate the historical and ever-increasing importance of space in modern society; and second, to prescribe, in view of this importance, the foundations of a strategy for achieving lasting space superiority and ensuring national and world security.


Read You Loud and Clear!

Read You Loud and Clear!

Author: Sunny Tsiao

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781296042837

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The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program

The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program

Author: Brian Harvey

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-10

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0387713549

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This, fifty years after Sputnik, is the definitive book on the Russian space program. The author covers all the key elements of the current Russian space program, including both manned and unmanned missions. He examines the various types of unmanned applications programs as well as the crucial military program, and even analyzes the infrastructure of production, launch centres and tracking. You’ll also find discussion of the commercialization of the program and its relationship with western companies. Russia’s current space experiment is also put in a comparative global context. Strong emphasis is placed on Russia’s future space intentions and on new programs and missions in prospect.


Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report

Author: United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board

Publisher: U.S. Independent Agencies and Commission

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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CD-ROM accompanying vol. 1 contains text of vol. 1 in PDF files and six related motion picture files in Quicktime format.


The 2030 Spike

The 2030 Spike

Author: Colin Mason

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1136555110

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The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.