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Redefining safety
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Sirota, Leonard B. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | NASA and the Aerospace community have traditionally included both risk to humans and hardware in the definition of "Safety". This leads to miscommunication with the public and can be an impediment to decision making. This paper offers two alternative aproaches: first, applying the term "safety" only to humans and referring to the risk of damage or loss of hardware as an element of "mission success" and second, using different notation for each type of "safety". |
| File Size | 470040 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20070021629 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t85j2h673 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-05-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation And Safety Equipment Specifications International Space Station Decision Making European Space Agency Space Shuttles Risk Hardware Nasa Space Programs Aerospace Safety Aerospace Industry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
