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Policy-making for New Activities in Outer Space: Science, Settlement, Security, or Sales?

This presentation explores the implications and trade-offs in policy-making for new activities in outer space, focusing on the goals of science, settlement, security, and sales. It discusses upcoming missions, fundamental goals, and the need for governance and regime design. The presentation also delves into the specific goals and prospects of science, settlement, security, and sales, and explores the trade-offs involved in making policies for new space activities.

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Policy-making for New Activities in Outer Space: Science, Settlement, Security, or Sales?

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  1. Making Policy for New Activities in Outer Space: In pursuit of science, settlement, security, or sales? Presented by Alanna Krolikowski Missouri University of Science and Technology Based on an article in press at Space Policy co-authored with Martin Elvis

  2. Outline • Upcoming missions: A flurry of new asteroidal and lunar activities • Fundamental goals of space activities and their implications • ‘Science’ • ‘Settlement’ • ‘Security’ • ‘Sales’ • Trade-offs in policymaking

  3. Upcoming missions Several missions to new asteroidal and lunar destinations are planned or in progress. • NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex • JAXA’s Hayabusa 2 • Chinese mission to Toutatis, sample return • ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission and NASA’s DART, forming AIDA • Deep Space Industries • Planetary Resources

  4. Fundamental goals of new space activities • The ‘medium’ term: 20-30 years • Actors: different sociotechnical constituencies pursue distinct goals • Governance and regime design • Institutionalization

  5. Table 1. Policy regimes for asteroid activities

  6. ‘Science’: space resources for the production of knowledge • Constituency and goals • Medium-term prospects • ‘Responsible sharing’ as a principle guiding regime design

  7. ‘Settlement’: space resources as stepping stones toward deep-space habitation • Constituency and goals • Medium-term prospects • ‘Sustaining human presence’ as a principle guiding regime design

  8. ‘Security’: space objects as threats to Earth • Constituency and goals • Medium-term prospects • The ‘duty to protect’ as a principle guiding regime design

  9. ‘Sales’: space resources for profits on Earth • Constituency and goals • Medium-term prospects • ‘Investor reward’ as a principle guiding regime design

  10. Trade-offs in making policy for new activities in space • Precaution or plunder? • Private goods? • Public bads? • An asteroidal or lunar rush? • Inclusion and participation

  11. Thank you for your attention. Questions may be directed to akro@mst.edu

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