Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris -- Copyright -- Preface -- REFERENCES -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY -- TOOLS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT -- COLLISION AVOIDANCE -- RISK MITIGATION -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCE -- 2 Risk to the Orbiter and Crew -- ORBITER SUSCEPTIBILITY -- ORBITER DESIGN -- Thermal Protection System -- Orbiter Primary Structure -- ORBITER VULNERABILITY -- Critical and Near-Critical Damage -- Mission-Limiting Damage -- Other Damage -- EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY -- REFERENCES -- 3 Risk Management Strategy -- CURRENT APPROACH -- Overall Guidelines for Risk -- Assessing Risks for Individual Shuttle Missions -- Refining Risk Assessments -- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS -- Guidelines for Overall Risk -- Assessing Risks for Individual Shuttle Missions -- Refining Risk Assessments -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Tools for Risk Assessment -- CURRENT APPROACH -- Models of the Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Environment -- BUMPER -- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS -- ORDEM96 -- Population Variability over Time -- Improving ORDEM96 -- BUMPER -- Impactor Size, Shape, and Velocity -- Improving BUMPER -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Collision Avoidance -- CURRENT APPROACH -- Collision Warning Capabilities -- Prelaunch Warnings -- On-Orbit Operations -- Proposed New Collision Warning Technique -- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS -- Catalog Completeness -- NASA/DOD Cooperation -- New Approach to Collision Warnings -- NASA Flight Rules for Collision Avoidance -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Risk Mitigation -- CURRENT APPROACH -- Constraining On-Orbit Attitude -- Extravehicular Activity -- Damage Control and Repair -- Hardware Modifications -- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS -- Constraining On-Orbit Attitude -- Damage Control and Repair -- Hardware Modifications -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Acronyms -- Appendices.

Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.