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Safety Standard for Explosives, Propellants, and Pyrotechnics

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NASA-STD-8719.12
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2
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OSMA - Office of Safety and Mission Assurance
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8000 - Safety, Quality, Reliability, Maintainability
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The purpose of this standard is to prescribe the NASA safety standards and procedures for operations involving explosives handling and processing. This document provides a uniform set of standards for all NASA Centers involved in explosives storage, handling, and processing, and complies with the cardinal principle for explosives safety: Expose the minimum number of people to the minimum quantity of explosives for the minimum amount of time consistent with
the operation being conducted.
Keywords
EXPLOSIVES, PROPELLANTS, PYROTECHNICS
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