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Reliability, Safety, and Performance for Two Aerospace Revolutions - UAS/ODM and Commercial Deep SpaceAerospace is in the midst of a renaissance, expanding on both the air and space side into major new commercial areas including unmanned air systems (UAS), on demand mobility (ODM), personal air vehicles (PAV), and commercial deep space. These new areas require, in the initial planning, consideration of new safety, reliability, and in some cases, enabling performance approaches for viability. For example, due to their huge numbers, if current accident rates prevail, UAS/ODM/PAV aircraft could crash at an unacceptable rate, causing life and property damage. Also, if humans in commercial space activities have serious health issues and/or there are unacceptable rocket viability issues/crash rates, these new, major markets (order of 1 trillion dollars per year) could be rapidly curtailed until agreeable and effective changes are instituted, producing additional expense, delay, and reduced revenue. This report addresses such safety and reliability issues and includes: performance enhancement possibilities such as an enabling Air Traffic Control System (ATC), crash proof vehicles, increased range for aero, space debris removal, and human health for space.
Document ID
20190025268
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Bushnell, Dennis M.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Moses, Robert W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 22, 2019
Publication Date
April 1, 2019
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Aeronautics (General)
Report/Patent Number
NASA/TM-2019-220274
NF1676L-32500
L-21007
Funding Number(s)
WORK_UNIT: 736466.01.01.07.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
Single Expert
Keywords
Crash Proof
Health Issues
UAS (Unmanned Air Systems)
Aerospace
PAV (Personal Air Vehicles)
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