Hazard Analysis: The BP Amoco Thermal Decomposition Incident
On March 13, 2001, three workers at the BP Amoco Polymers plant in Augusta, Georgia were killed when a partially unbolted cover blew off a... Read more →
GPS Based Early Warning System Being Developed by NASA and Partner Institutes
Graphical representation of the Tohoku Earthquake and induced Tsunami.(Credits: NASA/JPL). A GPS based early warning system is being developed by... Read more →
Why Go to a Ball of Dust?
We may not have started humans on the path to Mars yet, but the Red Planet feels closer by the day. There are at least three non-governmental efforts... Read more →
Call for Papers Now Open!
Since 2005, the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) has been celebrating important conferences around the world,... Read more →
Choices: NASA FY 2015 BUDGET – ISS, Russia, SLS, Commercial Crew and SOFIA
A teleconference was held on March 4 with representatives from NASA who went over the various aspects of the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal.... Read more →
Astronaut William R. Pogue (1930-2014)
By David Darling Pogue served as the pilot for the third and final mission to NASA’s Skylab space station (Credits: NASA). Veteran... Read more →