Confronting Space Debris Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon

• Main Author: Baiocchi, Dave (auth)
• Other Authors: Welser, William (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2010
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Aerospace & aviation technology; Technology; Physics; Environmental Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Orbital space debris represents a growing threat to the operation of man-made systems in space. With the goal of guiding future mitigation or remediation efforts, this monograph examines nine comparable problems that share similarities with orbital debris: acid rain, U.S. commercial airline security...