session 4

Title: Mitigation and Standards
Description: This session will focus on the definition and implementation of debris prevention and reduction measures and vehicle passive protection and shielding. The session will also address space debris mitigation guidelines and standards that exist already or are in preparation at the national or international level.
Date: 2009-10-15
Time: 16:00
Room: Technical Session #17

IPC members

Chairman: Prof. Richard Crowther, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom;
Chairman: Mr. Claudio Portelli, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy;
Rapporteur: Prof. Toshiya Hanada, Kyushu University, Japan;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	major progress of space debris mitigation research in china	15'	Dr. Ming Li	China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)	China
2	IS THERE A LEGAL REMEDY FOR THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS?	15'	Dr. Paul Dempsey	McGill University	Canada
4	Environmental impact assessment as a tool for space debris mitigation	15'	Prof. Lotta Viikari	University of Lapland	Finland
5	ORBITAL FOOTPRINTING FOR AWARENESS OF SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT	15'	Mr. Cian Curran		France
7	Ground-Based Laser: The Optimal Solution for Initial Space Debris Removal	15'	Ms. Jennifer Chan	California Polytechnic State University	United States
8	Strategy for capturing a tumbling space debris	15'	Dr. Shin-ichiro Nishida	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
9	Assessment of Space Debris Reduction Methods	15'	Dr. Marshall Kaplan	The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory	United States
10	IMPROVED ACCURACY IN THE PREDICTION OF CONJUNCTION EVENTS: CASE OF COLLISION BETWEEN IRIDIUM 33 AND COSMOS 2251	15'	Mrs. Noelia Sanchez Ortiz	Deimos Space S.L.	Spain
11	The Model of an International Environmental Agreement among Asymmetric Nations applied to Debris Mitigation	15'	Mr. Michael Singer	University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)	United States