Overview
- This book discusses the issues of orbit debris and how to address this increasingly serious problem, covering the nature of the problem and the rising levels of danger to a multi-billion dollar industry, on which the world heavily depends
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development (BRIEFSSPACE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Joseph N. Pelton, Ph.D., is the principal of Pelton Consulting International. He is President of the International Space Safety Foundation and a member of the Executive Board of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety. He is the former Dean of the International Space University and Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University. Dr. Pelton served as Director of the Accelerated Masters Program in Telecommunications and Computers at the George Washington University from 1998 to 2004. Dr. Pelton was the Director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado from 1988 to 1997, and at the time it was the largest such graduate program in the U.S. He previously held various positions at Intelsat and Comsat including serving as Director of Project SHARE and Director of Strategic Policy for Intelsat. Intelsat’s Project SHARE gave birth to the Chinese National TV University.
Dr. Pelton was the founder of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and remains as the Vice Chairman on its Board of Directors. He has been active in the Arlington, Virginia community for many years as President of the Arlington County Civic Federation, as a member of the Long Range Planning Commission that initiated “smart growth” in Arlington and is currently Chairman of the IT Advisory Commission for Arlington County and Chair of the Civic Federation’s Environmental Committee.
Pelton is widely published with some 35 books written, co-authored or co-edited. His Global Talk won the Eugene Emme Literature Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the co-author of the book Future Cities published by the Intelligent Communities Forum and is currently working on a book called Safe Cities that examines how broadband communications systems can makecities safer and more responsive to the needs of citizens and improve education and health care services. Most of his books are about space, satellite communications, and the future of technology and its impact on society. He is on the Advisory Board of the World Future Society and also frequently speaks and writes as a futurist.
Dr. Pelton is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS). He was the Founding President of the Society of Satellite Professional International (SSPI) and a member of the SSPI Hall of Fame. In 2005 he won the ISCe Award for excellence in education and has also won the International Communication Association (ICA) award as the educator of the year. For the last two years he has served as President of the Comsat Alumni and Retirees Association.
He received his degrees as follows: B.S. from the University of Tulsa, M.S. from the New York University and his doctorate from Georgetown University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Space Debris and Other Threats from Outer Space
Authors: Joseph N. Pelton
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6714-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Joseph N. Pelton 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6713-7Published: 28 March 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6714-4Published: 27 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-8171
Series E-ISSN: 2191-818X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 84
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Pollution, general
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