Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2021
Abstract
Although the reality of routine travel and sustained operations and habitation in space likely remains several decades away, the building blocks of space exploration and space system development necessary to realize this reality are currently being laid by peer, near-peer, and emerging space-faring nations. Traditionally, global space operations were notionally limited to near-Earth space, with mission altitudes extending to geosynchronous or even highly elliptical orbits. During the 2010s, however, space operations began moving beyond this paradigm to encompass cislunar space with reinvigorated U.S. initiatives to return to the Moon via the Artemis program, planned commercial space projects, and an accelerated international push toward further lunar exploration.
Source Publication
Aircraft Survivability [ aka Aircraft Survivability Journal ]
Recommended Citation
Boone, N. R. & Bettinger, R. A. (2021). Survivability analysis in the shadow of Apollo: Part I - Cislunar debris propagation and spacecraft vulnerability. Aircraft Survivability, Fall 2021: 15-24.
Comments
Distribution A, Approved for Public Release. PA case number on file. Sourced from the PDF of the issue, at DTIC AD1214887.
Aircraft Survivability is published three times a year by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO), chartered by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command.