Space Ecology From Earth to Moon and Mars /
The recent entry of private entrepreneurs into the world of space has multiplied the number of services provided by instruments in orbit, resulting into a rapid and tumultuous growth of the space economy. More services translate into more launches bringing into orbit more satellites. As a result, ci...
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2025.
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| Udgivelse: | 1st ed. 2025. |
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| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78344-9 |
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Space ecology
- Terrestrial - space as part of the environment to be preserved
- Low Earth Orbit - the proliferation of constellations and the dangers of collisions
- Avoiding Kessler syndrome
- Orbital traffic and the need to regulate it
- In-orbit refueling to limit the number of launches
- Debris-norms for the re-entry of satellites and launcher parts
- Atmospheric pollution caused by launch exhaust and debris from satellite destruction upon reentry into the atmosphere
- Lunar ecology
- Eco-sustainable exploitation
- The problem of dust (charged and toxic)
- Preserving “historic” places (which do not belong to any state but should be protected)
- Avoid electromagnetic pollution of the moon's hidden face to allow construction of radio telescopes
- Planetary protection beware of contamination- goes both ways
- Quarantined lunar astronauts (but we now know that the measures were not effective)
- Sterilized probes (as much as possible) to avoid carrying our bacteria around the solar system
- Cospar regulations for planetary protection
- Space Law
- 1967 UN treaty
- National laws and international agreements.