Space Security and Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Froehlich, Annette (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Studies in Space Policy, 16
• Subjects: Law of the sea.; International law.; Political science.; Space sciences.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Political Science.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

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...