International space traffic management : charting a course for long-term sustainability / Bruce McClintock [and thirteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClintock, Bruce, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space environment.

Other Title:

International Space Traffic Management

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2023

Summary:

As outer space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive, the risks to space safety, security, and sustainability heighten. Against this backdrop, the authors used a review of relevant literature and official documents, as well as interviews and workshops with subject-matter experts, to identify possible lessons for future space traffic management (STM) from past approaches to international traffic management and common resource management and offer recommendations to make progress in STM. Lessons from the history of the maritime and air domains and the development and implementation of international organizations within those domains help provide a pathway for the development of an international space traffic management organization (ISTMO). An ISTMO will need to achieve sufficient legitimacy and operational power to effectively manage the space domain.

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Coordination in the Maritime Domain

Chapter Three: Coordination in the Air Domain

Chapter Four: Governance in Other Domains

Chapter Five: Insights and Recommendations

Appendix: Workshop Findings.