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Addressing disaster and health risks for sustainable outer space
Myles Harris1,2, Patrizia I Duda1, Ilan Kelman1,3
1UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, UK.
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
|August 17, 2022
Summary
Future space exploration must prioritize disaster and health risks for sustainability. Earth-based risk reduction strategies offer valuable insights for the evolving "New Space" era, emphasizing prevention over response.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Space Policy
- Risk Management
Background:
- The
- Commercialization and militarization in
- Disaster and health risks in space are under-researched compared to Earth-based risks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of key aspects for addressing disaster and health risks in outer space within a sustainability framework.
- To explore how analogue missions and international legal/voluntary regimes can mitigate space-related risks.
- To leverage Earth-based knowledge for safer and healthier space exploration.
Main Methods:
- Reviewing disaster and health risks in sustainable outer space, drawing parallels with Earth-based insights.
- Analyzing the application of analogue missions for risk reduction.
- Examining international legal and voluntary regimes for enhancing space safety.
Main Results:
- Significant knowledge exists on Earth for mitigating health and disaster risks, applicable to spaceflight.
- Analogue missions and international governance frameworks can reduce space-related risks.
- The physical, legal, and regulatory aspects of "New Space" necessitate Earth-based comparisons.
Conclusions:
- Space exploration sustainability requires integrating disaster and health risk management.
- Prevention and risk reduction are paramount, especially when response, rescue, and recovery are limited.
- Earth-based scenarios and
- "Old Space" provide crucial insights for managing risks in the
- "New Space" era.
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