Space Security and Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319903378)

The book analyzes the various legal and political concepts to resolve the problem of the existing space debris in outer space and which measures have been taken to avoid space debris or to reduce potential space debris in the course of future space missions.
From a scientific and technical point of view various studies are ongoing to analyze the feasibility of active debris removal. Nevertheless it has to be highlighted that outer space is an international area where various actors with different legal and political concepts are operating, a situation that leads to different approaches concerning such activities.


Author: Annette Froehlich
ISBN-10: 3319903373
ISBN-13: 9783319903378
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2018
Pages: 187
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d