- Spacecraft Reentry Breakup Overview and FAQs
Information about satellite re-entry and debris from The Aerospace Corporation.
www.aero.org/cords/reentry_overview.html
- NASA Hyervelocity Impact Technology Facility (HITF)
Devoted to investigating and assessing the threat of hypervelocity impacts between spacecraft and the particulate environment, as well as protecting spacecraft though passive shielding techniques.
hitf.jsc.nasa.gov/hitfpub/main/index.html
- Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies
Provides technical analyses and assessments on space debris, collision avoidance, and reentry breakup.
www.aero.org/cords
- Space Debris
Includes research projects focusing on reference models and study notes.
apollo.cnuce.cnr.it/debris.html
- Orbital Debris Collector
Post-retrieval report containing macroscopic inspection of the Orbital Debris Collection Experiment released and retrieved by the Space Shuttle.
setas-www.larc.nasa.gov/meep/30-day/odc/odc_30_day.html
- World of Space Debris
Includes basic information, author's opinion, and photographs.
members.aol.com/earth2039
- Protecting the Space Shuttle form Meteoroids and Orbital Debris
Offers the executive summary from the National Research Council report.
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/shuttle
- Space Debris Home Page
Looks at how the space debris problem is a shameful relic of several hundred explosions and mishaps in outer space.
www.animatedsoftware.com/spacedeb
- NASA Orbital Debris Program Office - Johnson Space Center
Developing an improved understanding of the orbital debris environment and measures that can be taken to control its growth. Includes FAQs, measurements, modeling, mitigation and protection, and quarterly newsletter.
sn-callisto.jsc.nasa.gov
- Orbital Debris
Presentation outlining orbital debris, associated risks, and reentry of objects into Earth's atmosphere.
www.abdn.ac.uk/physics/space/lec19www/tsld001.htm
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