Book Series on Space Safety by Hall of Fame Members Dr. Joseph Pelton and Peter Marshall
Here are four books prepared for the Trust Fund to review NASA astronaut exploration program and the safety of the associated launchers and crew capsules. These have been researched and published in the last three years. The Safety First book has just been released as a 2nd edition with latest updates. The Gateway Lunar Space Station, Twentieth Century Space Stations, Safety on the Moon, and the 2nd edition of Safety First are all available on line at Amazon.com.
All four of the following books were written by Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Member and SSPI’s founding President and Peter Marshall, also a Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Member and former SSPI President. A portion of all proceeds from the sale of these books will be donated to SSPI.
Safety First
This newly issued second edition reviews astronaut safety issues and the status of the Space Launch System vehicle, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, the SpaceX Cargo and Crew Dragon Capsules, the Sierra Nevada Dreamchaser, the Boeing Starliner, the various SpaceX launcher systems – including the Starship – and the transition from the Atlas-Centaur to the new Vulcan launcher. The development of current launch systems for the US has been significantly impacted by innovations that have come from so-called “NewSpace” companies and thus there are number of profiles provided for companies such as SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, Axiom Space and others. This new book is available online from Amazon for $16.95 or as a Kindle e-book for $9.95. https://www.amazon.com/Safety-First-2nd-Spacecraft-Astronaut/dp/B0D89RYLBP
Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety
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This campaign is underwritten by the Space Shuttle Children’s Trust Fund.
The Gateway Lunar Space Station
This book explores the Gateway Lunar Space Station that is to be deployed in a special orbit so it can see the lunar surface all the way from the North to the South Pole. This international space station will be NASA’s only crewed facility in space after 2030 when the ISS is deorbited. The ISS is to be replaced by privately operated space stations now planned to be deployed in low Earth orbit. Joseph N. Pelton with Peter Marshall The Gateway Lunar Space Station: New Approaches to Space Safety (2024) $17.95 https://www.amazon.com/Gateway-Lunar-Space-Station-Status/dp/B0D1CMNDW7
21st Century Space Stations
There will have been over 30 years of experience with NASA sustaining astronauts safely onboard the ISS when this giant facility is deorbited in 2030. Instead of building a giant new space station, NASA plans to be the anchor tenant in two commercial space stations. The challenge of private space stations designing, manufacturing, deploying and safely operating space stations is explored in this book. The greatest challenge may well be to provide safe long-term operation of these facilities that will include many innovations such as inflatable modules, and operations that are commercially and economically supported, in large part, by visiting space tourists in addition to NASA astronauts. Joseph N. Pelton with Peter Marshall 21st Century Space Stations $14.95 softcover (2022) https://www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Space-Stations-Approaches/dp/B0B2TF62PN
Safety on the Moon
The Artemis Program seeks to go back to the Moon on a long-term basis at a location difficult to reach and communicate with at the extreme South Pole location of the Moon. This mission will involve seeking to locate significant amounts of frozen water and volatiles. It also involves developing a wide range of technologies in terms of new launchers and crew exploration vehicles that operate safely, deploying a new remote space station in lunar orbit, creating a lunar home base, operating advanced robotic systems on the lunar surface, developing new space suit systems, and more. These book completes the sequence of studies commissioned by the SSC Trust Fund to assess the safety and performance of NASA astronaut launchers and exploration vehicles, new international lunar space station planning and operations, and many innovative systems needed to support space explorations over the next decade and beyond. Meanwhile China and Russia will be deploying competive space systems that seem to be designed as competitive capabilities. Joseph N. Pelton with Peter Marshall Safety on the Moon $17.95 softcover and $9.95 Kindle (2023) https://www.amazon.com/Safety-Moon-Artemis-Exploration-Program/dp/B0C2SFPPPZ