Fair and Responsible Use of Space

• The general concepts of fairness and responsibility.- The general concepts of fairness and responsibility.- Fairness and responsibility in space activities.- Fairness and responsibility in space activities.- United Nations’ space policy to preserve peace and sustainable development.- United Nations’ space policy to preserve peace and sustainable development.- Current questions regarding fair and responsible use of space — summarising introduction.- Fair and responsible uses of space: a perspective from an emerging space country.- Peaceful uses of outer space vs. militarisation: a cost-benefit analysis.- The space debris environment and its impacts.- Space situational awareness: an overview.- Fair rules on orbit — summarising introduction.- Data transfer issues.- Cooperation within the UN system.- Current international space security initiatives.- Space traffic control: issues and options.- The concept of space traffic management as a basis for achieving the fair and equitable use of outer space.- Achieving global engagement — summarising introduction.- How to engage current and future space actors.- The role of international organisations for the fair and responsible use of space.- Youth contributions to the debate on space security.- Annex.- Annex.

From the reviews:“This book is very complete and very interesting for those interesting in the study policies about the use of the space. The book brings a lot of specialists where they present their ideas and speculation how the space shall be organized and explored for the good of humankind. I really reccommend this book if you are interested in this kind of political questions. … This book is a classical and I reccommend it for your personal library.” (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, November, 2013)