Disaster and prevention management for the NASA shuttle during lift-off

Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to introduce the development of a decision-support environment for space range safety. Simulation modeling can provide a good environment to support disaster and prevention management.Design methodology approach - The paper describes the different models...

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Published inDisaster prevention and management Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 262 - 274
Main Authors Rabelo, Luis, Sepulveda, Jose, Compton, Jeppie, Moraga, Reinaldo, Turner, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006
Subjects
Accident prevention
Aviation
Case studies
Casualties
Computer simulation
Decision making
Decision support systems
Disasters
Emergency preparedness
Failure
Gases
Geographic information systems
Monte Carlo simulation
Pollutants
Population
Prevention
Probability
Risk management
Rocket launches
Space shuttle
Vehicles
United States > US
Disasters
Accident prevention
Spacecraft
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Summary:Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to introduce the development of a decision-support environment for space range safety. Simulation modeling can provide a good environment to support disaster and prevention management.Design methodology approach - The paper describes the different models and the processes to find the different knowledge sources. This will help determine emergency management procedures.Findings - This case study provides guidance and an example to follow for other problems in aerospace. There are important factors to consider in order to implement risk management in NASA.Research limitations implications - There are several limitations; first debris effects need to be added.Practical implications - First, the paper provides a guide in order to persuade managers of the utilization of decision support systems based on geographical information systems. Second, it shows that there is open source software which can be used and integrated to make a more comprehensive environment. Validation is a big issue.Originality value - This is the first implementation of a virtual range. This will be valuable to other safety managers not only aerospace but also environmentalists and homeland security managers.
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ISSN:0965-3562
1758-6100
DOI:10.1108/09653560610659810