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

by Dave Baiocchi, William Weiser 4th, William Welser IV

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, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons, hazardous waste, oil spills, radon, email spam, and U.S. border control.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833050567
• ISBN13: 9780833050564
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"