Safety Design for Space Operations

Chapter 3

Ground Safety

Special Topics

Paul Kirkpatrick

Chapter Outline

3.1 Safety During Payload Ground Processing

Paul Kirkpatrick, John Dollberg, Jean-Pierre Trinchero

3.2 Gases Storage and Handling Safety

Michael T. Kezirian

3.1 Safety During Payload Ground Processing

Paul Kirkpatrick, John Dollberg and Jean-Pierre Trinchero

Introduction

This subchapter describes the typical hazards that can be expected to be encountered when processing payloads on the ground. Also described are some of the more common controls for these hazards. Many of these controls are based on hard requirements, but they are also based on specific lessons learned. This subchapter uses the term flight hardware (F/H) for all payloads regardless of size.

Flight Hardware (F/H) ...