Earth's Orbits at Risk The Economics of Space Sustainability
Society's dependence on space infrastructure is at a critical juncture. Public and private actors worldwide are planning to launch tens of thousands of satellites into Earth's orbit in the next five years. This will greatly expand and enrich the use of space resources, but it will also res...
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OECD Publishing
2022
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Executive summary
- An environmental economics framework for measuring the cost of space debris
- Foreword
- On the emergence of an active debris removal market
- Economic theory applied to space debris scenarios
- An efficiency analysis of space launch activities
- Space sustainability as the next major societal challenge
- Space sustainability and the OECD
- Estimation of the costs and benefits of debris mitigation
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Socio-economic benefits of earth observation: Insights from firms in Italy
- Identifying the costs caused by an irreversible deterioration of the orbital regimes