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Introduction / J.A. Simpson -- The earth satellite population : official growth and constituents / Nicholas L. Johnson -- The current and future environment : an overall assessment / Donald J. Kessler -- The current and future space debris environment as assessed in Europe / Dietrich Rex -- Human survivability issues in the low earth orbit space debris environment / Bernard Bloom -- Protecting the space environment for astronomy / Joel R. Primack -- Effects of space debris on commercial spacecraft -- the RADARSAT example / H. Robert Warren and M.J. Yelle -- Potential effects of the space debris environment on military space systems / Albert E. Reinhardt -- Precluding post-launch fragmentation of delta stages / Irvin J. Webster and T.Y. Kawamura -- U.S. international and interagency cooperation in orbital debris / Daniel V. Jacobs -- ESA concepts for space debris mitigation and risk reduction / Heiner Klinkrad -- Space debris : how France handles mitigation and adaptation / Jean-Louis Marcé -- Facing seriously the issue of protection of the outer space environment / Qi Yong Liang -- Near earth space contamination and counteractions / Vladimir F. Utkin and S.V. Chekalin -- The current and future space debris environment as assessed in Japan / Susumu Toda -- Orbital debris minimization and mitigation techniques / Joseph P. Loftus, Jr., Philip D. Anz-Meador and Robert Reynolds -- In pursuit of a sustainable space environment : economic issues in regulating space debris / Molly K. Macauley -- The economics of space operations : insurance aspects / Christopher T.W. Kunstadter -- Environmental treatymaking : lessons learned for controlling pollution of outer space / Winfried Lang -- Regulation of orbital debris -- current status / Howard A. Baker -- Who should regulate the space environment : the laissez-faire, national, and multinational options / Diane P. Wood -- Orbital debris : prospects for international cooperation / Jeffrey Maclure and William C. Bartley -- Preservation of near earth space for future generations : current initiatives on space debris in the United Nations / Stephen Gorove -- A legal regime for orbital debris : elements of a multilateral treaty / Pamela L. Meredith.

What will happen to the near-Earth space environment? How can we ensure the survival of future scientific, commercial and military satellites and space stations? This book addresses the questions that must be asked as man-made debris in space around the Earth - from dust particles to rocket casings, and even radioactive materials - becomes a critical problem. World wide specialists address the issues, problems and policies concerned with the preservation of near-Earth space in this volume. Their articles cover the technical aspects, and the economic and legal issues concerned, including the enforcement and monitoring of international agreements and the resolution of disputes. This clearly written and well-illustrated survey offers the professional and concerned non-specialist an authoritative review of the problems with, and solutions to, space debris.