| Title: | Without space : in a world without space, what will happen? |
| Material Type: | ISU Team Project report |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2019 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (40 p.) |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Subjects: | Artificial satellites in navigation ; Artificial satellites in remote sensing ; Artificial satellites in telecommunications ; Astronautics and state--China ; Astronautics and state--United States ; Outer space--Exploration |
| Keywords: | Space capabilities |
| Description: |
This report describes possible reasons that global access to space assets could suddenly disappear. It also explains the types of technology that would be affected, and explores the impact of these losses from commercial, economic, ethical, legal, political, societal, and technological perspective.
The People’s Republic of China and the United States of America are used as case studies to explore possible reactions to such a space outage. It provides not only a relatable and intimate picture, but also crucially encourages and inspires an understanding of the importance of space to our increasingly interconnected society. The report then forecasts how such a scenario might progress across differing time spans: a day, week, month, and year. We briefly consider the ability to recover services from both terrestrial systems and through the repopulation of orbits. Interestingly, the creation of this report has identified an absence of available research into the sudden disappearance of space assets, besides studies regarding national security. This has encouraged speculation of long term impacts, and inspires the opportunity for further investigation and research. The information provided in this report will demonstrate our global reliance on space assets and their importance in everyday life, framed to be easily understood by an interested reader. |
| ISU program : | Southern Hemisphere SSP |
| Format : | Open Access |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10616 |
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 Without space_Executive summary (1.40MB) Adobe Acrobat PDF | Without space_Executive summary_chinese (1.39MB) Adobe Acrobat PDF | Without space_Full report (21 MB) Adobe Acrobat PDF |
