• Front Matter R1-R12

• Summary 1-6

• 1 Introduction and Historical Background 7-16

• 2 Orbital Debris Environment: Detection and Monitoring 17-22

• 3 Orbital Debris Modeling and Simulation 23-28

• 4 The Meteoroid Environment and Its Effects on Spacecraft 29-39

• 5 Risk Assessment and Uncertainty 40-46

• 6 Spacecraft Protection in the MMOD Environment 47-56

• 7 Mitigation of Orbital Debris 57-59

• 8 Hazards Posed by Reentry of Orbital Debris 60-64

• 9 Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis and Launch Collision Avoidance 65-71

• 10 Spacecraft Anomalies 72-76

• 11 Issues External to NASA 77-85

• 12 Management and Organizational Issues 86-90

• 13 Preparing for the Future 91-93

• 14 Compiled List of Findings and Recommendations 94-100

• Appendixes 101-102

• Appendix A: Letter of Request 103-105

• Appendix B: Statement of Task 106-106

• Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographical Information 107-112

• Appendix D: Acronyms 113-115

• Appendix E: Glossary 116-124

• Appendix F: Reprinted Workshop Report 125-166

" 4 The Meteoroid Environment and Its Effects on Spacecraft ." Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA's Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011 .

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