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The many challenges that orbital debris presents are daunting. Conventional rocket launches can easily contribute to the debris problem and often do. There are many things that can go wrong in carrying out the active de-orbit of satellites and/or upper rocket stages. Removal of debris through known techniques today is expensive, difficult, and complicated by legal liability provisions of the “Liability Treaty.” The debris that is in orbit begets additional debris by the cascade effect of debris collisions.
It is immoral to design a product or system for mankind without recognition and evaluation of the hazards associated with that product or system.
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Pelton, J.N. (2013). Different Approaches to the Space Debris Problem. In: Space Debris and Other Threats from Outer Space. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6714-4_3
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