THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED REGULATORY REGIME FOR AVIATION AND SPACE ICAO FOR SPACE？PDF电子书下载

CHAPTER 1 Background 3

1.1 Need for international safety regulations for commercial space activities 3

1.1.1 Introduction 3

1.1.2 Widening access to space and its economic significance 4

1.1.3 Safery Risk of Space Missions 12

1.1.4 Challenges for regulatoy regimes and bodies 14

CHAPTER 2 Legal and regulatory regimes 21

2.1 Current space regulations and standards 21

2.1.1 Legal and regulatory framework 21

2.1.2 Existing International Space Safety Standards 33

2.2 Existing international civil regulatory frameworks， other activities or environments 39

2.2.1 International Civil Aviation Organization （ICAO） 40

2.2.2 International Telecommunication Union （ITU） 43

2.2.3 International Maritime Organization （IMO） 45

2.2.4 Other sources of international Law 46

2.3 Transition from air law and space law to aerospace Law 49

2.3.1 Introduction 49

2.3.2 Space law conventions 50

2.3.3 Boundary between airspace and outer space 53

2.3.4 Need for a unificd legal regime 61

CHAPTER 3 Safety issues 71

3.1 Safety issues 71

3.1.1 Launch site processing and ground safety 71

3.1.2 Flight hardware， ground support equipment， and COTS 72

3.2 Launch safety 74

3.3 Suborbitalsafety 79

3.4 Orbital safety issues 82

3.4.1 Orbital debris 82

3.4.2 Collision risk with orbital debris 84

3.4.3 Collision risk to human spaceflight 85

3.4.4 Orbital debris ground risk 87

3.5 Returning vehicles risk 91

3.5.1 Risk to people on the ground 91

3.5.2 Risk to people in aircraft 93

3.6 Saving lives in space missions 96

3.6.1 Extending international search and rescue 96

3.6.2 Ascent emergencies 96

3.6.3 Orbital safety and rescue 97

3.6.4 Ionizing radiation risk for human spaceflight 99

CHAPTER 4 Need for international space safety regulations 103

4.1 Need for international regulation of STM， space tourism & space debris 103

4.1.1 Commonality or un-commonality of ground standards 103

4.1.2 Comprehensive regulatory approach to space traffic management 104

4.1.3 International regulation of aerospace vehicles for space tourism 111

4.1.4 International regulation of orbital debris 113

CHAPTER 5 Proposal for a new regulatory regime 119

5.1 ICAO for near-space safety？ 119

5.1.1 Background 119

5.1.2 Management of space-bound traffic through international airspace 120

5.1.3 Integration of aviation and space infrastructure 122

5.1.4 Integrated terrestrial and space weather forecasts 123

5.1.5 ICAO for an improved international space safety culture 124

5.2 Proposal for a new regulatory regime 126

5.2.1 Policy principle 126

5.2.2 Regulatory model 128

5.2.3 Space safety oversight operating model 128

5.2.4 ICAO for space organization 131

5.2.5 General description of the safety certification process 137

5.2.6 Suggested ICAO for space regulatory implementation 138

Appendix A： Relevant excerpts of the ITU constitution and convention 141

Appendix B： Relevant excerpts of the convention on international civil aviation （Signed at Chicago， on 7 December 1944） - Chicago convention 156

Appendix C： Model code of conduct for space-faring nations 178

About the editors 183