Confronting space debris : strategies and warnings from comparable examples including Deepwater Horizon / / Dave Baiocchi, William Welser IV.

• Author: United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.; Baiocchi, Dave.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wesler, William, IV.; United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: RAND Corporation monograph series Confronting space debris
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

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.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The Problem of Orbital Debris; What Is Orbital Debris?; Objective; CHAPTER TWO Methodology; CHAPTER THREE Comparable Problems and Identifying Characteristics; CHAPTER FOUR Nomenclature; Mitigation and Remediation; CHAPTER FIVE A Framework for Addressing Orbital Debris and the Comparable Problems; Framework; Progressing Through the Stages; Incorporating the Concept of Risk; Describing Additional Levels of Complexity

CHAPTER SIX Analysis: Comparing the Timeline of Orbital Debris with the Timelines of the Comparable ProblemsRelative Timelines; CHAPTER SEVEN Mitigation Strategies and Their Use in Other Communities; What Is Mitigation?; Describing the Stakeholder Community; Describing the Orbital Debris Community; Approaches to Mitigation; Command/Control Approaches; Market-Based Approaches; Performance-Based Approaches; Practical Examples of Mitigation; Airline Security; Radon; Acid Rain; CHAPTER EIGHT Remedies and Their Use in Other Communities; What Is Remediation?; Types of Remediation

Set 1: Relocation Versus EliminationSet 2: Targeted Versus Dragnet; The Role of Technology; Case Study: Deepwater Horizon (Gulf Of Mexico) Oil Spill; Remediation Lessons Learned from the Deepwater Horizon Spill; CHAPTER NINE Summarizing Observations; General Observations; The Case for Additional Mitigation; The Case for Developing Remediation Technology; APPENDIXES; A. A Brief Overview of Orbital Debris and the Comparable Problems; B. The Descriptive Framework Applied to Orbital Debris and the Comparables; Bibliography; Works Consulted for Timelines; Index; Back Cover