Title:
Frontiers of space risk : natural cosmic hazards and societal challenges / edited by Richard J. Wilman, Christopher J. Newman.
Author:
Wilman, Richard J., editor.
Newman, Christopher J., 1972- editor.
Publication Information:
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Call Number:
QB500.25 .F76 2018
Abstract:
"The book will offer the reader fresh perspectives on numerous aspects of space risk, covering both risks to Earth-based activities arising from space events (natural and manmade), and the risks inherent in space activity itself. Drawing on the expertise of contributors from a wide range of disciplines, the book will cover the nature of the physical risks, and appropriate engineering, financial, legal and policy solutions to mitigate them"-- Provided by publisher.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781138726383
Physical Description:
xii , 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Asteroid and cometary impact hazards / Mark Bailey -- Space weather -- the sun as a natural hazard / Mike Hapgood -- Hazards & habitability: galactic perspectives / Richard J. Wilman, Pratika Dayal & Martin J. Ward -- Space debris: risk and mitigation / Camilla Colombo, Francesca Letizia, Mirko Trisolini and Hugh Lewis -- Commercial space risks, spacecraft insurance and the fragile frontier / Mark Williamson -- Space sustainability / Christopher D. Johnson -- Space activity and the nascent risk of terrorism / Ben Middleton -- Reconciling the past, present and future of national security, military activity and space law / Michael J. Listner -- Managing the resource revolution: space law in the new space age / Thomas Cheney & Christopher J. Newman.
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