Overview
- Includes articles on research and policy recommendations from top experts in the field
- Contains comprehensive advice for engineering "space sustainability"
- Outlines the extent of the orbital space debris problem and offers practical solutions
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Editors and Affiliations
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Dr. Pelton was the founder of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and remains as the Vice Chairman on its Board of Directors. He has been active in the Arlington, Virginia, community for many years as President of the Arlington County Civic Federation, as a member of the Long Range Planning Commission that initiated “smart growth” in Arlington and is currently Chairman of the IT Advisory Commission for Arlington County and Chair of the Civic Federation’s Environmental Committee.
Pelton is widely published with some 35 books written, co-authored or co-edited. His Global Talk won the Eugene Emme Literature Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the co-author of the book Future Cities published by the Intelligent Communities Forum and is currently working on a book called Safe Cities that examines how broadband communications systems can make cities safer and more responsive to the needs of citizens and improve education and health care services.Most of his books are about space, satellite communications, and the future of technology and its impact on society. He is on the Advisory Board of the World Future Society and also frequently speaks and writes as a futurist.
Dr. Pelton is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS). He was the Founding President of the Society of Satellite Professional International (SSPI) and a member of the SSPI Hall of Fame. In 2005 he won the ISCe Award for excellence in education and has also won the International Communication Association (ICA) award as the educator of the year. For the last two years he has served as President of the Comsat Alumni and Retirees Association.
He received his degrees as follows: B.S. from the University of Tulsa, M.S. from New York University and his doctorate from Georgetown University.
Dr. Firooz Allahdadi served (1998-2011) at the United States of America HQ Air Force Safety Center in multiple capacities. He was the Center's Senior Technical Advisor, Director of Space Safety Division and the DoD representative in the presidentially mandated Inter-Agency Nuclear Safety Review Panel.
In 1998 Dr. Allahdadi employed rigorous scientific analysis to revamp the Air Force's conventional weapons operational safety and guidelines. This undertaking produced measurable operational efficiency and considerable real estate savings. He pioneered the Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Safety initiative, leading teams of experts to identify and quantify the entire DEW hazards spectrum. He authored the governing DEW operation safety policies, AFPD 91-4, which has been benchmarked throughout US military.
As the DoD representative, Dr. Allahdadi oversaw special analysis, provided technical oversight and garnered Presidential Launchauthorization for the two Martian launches "Spirit” and "Opportunity” in 2003, the "New Horizons Mission,” a journey to Pluto in 2005, and landing of the nuclear powered Rover "Curiosity” on the surface of Mars in 2010.
He founded and directed the Space Kinetic Impact and Debris Division (1990-1998) at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He led teams of scientists and engineers to develop high-fidelity analytical tools to predict dynamics of the debris clouds created from any space engagements. This technology was employed to simulate specific space scenarios for national security planning.
Dr. Allahdadi lectured on transport phenomenon and conducted research on several nationally important programs as a faculty member at University of New Mexico. He is a member of the National Research Council, Chief Editor of the International Society for Optical Engineering and has authored over 75 scientific papers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defense
Editors: Firooz Allahdadi, Joseph N. Pelton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02847-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Engineering, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02847-7Due: 26 February 2018
Number of Pages: 1200
Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Natural Hazards, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Paleontology