[Ground-station] Debris Mitigation - call for comments

[Michelle Thompson]

There's some literature out there about insurance models for space given
debris mitigation. I've read a few with effort to get a variety of
viewpoints.

The consensus so far, for space, is to do a similar thing to what the oil
industry did to respond to large spills.

To me, though, this works only if everyone participating in a market is
roughly the same size, or can join up with much larger organizations.

The reason I raise this is because there are people in amateur radio that
believe that the individual trustee of an amateur or possibly University
payload is the one on the hook for liability under potential new rules.

We should comment on the rule if we can articulate the impact to amateur
and university work by these new rules.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 3:39 PM Wally Ritchie <wally.ritchie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> No rules regarding indemnification or insurance.
>
> Further comments on indemnification and performance bonds invited.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:54 AM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
> <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>
>> Let's talk about this in an hour or so at office hours (conference call).
>>
>> Has anyone looked hard at the indemnification part of the ruke?
>>
>> -mdt
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 05:50 Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Tens of thousands of satellites will enter LEO in the next decade.  If
>>> Musk succeeds with Starship, we will be able to fly a constellation of
>>> amateur spacecraft for as much money as we paid ESA to fly AO-40.  Starship
>>> can launch a THOUSAND small specraft at one launch.
>>>
>>> There is no need for discussion since this is mandatory.
>>>
>>> Now, Starship will also enable space agencies to fly amazing cleanup
>>> robotic vacuum cleaners.
>>>
>>> Who wants to join me in a new venture backed company?
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob McGwier,  N4HY, Adjunct Professor,  Virginia Tech
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 11:06 Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
>>> <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Got opinions? Let's hear them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/25/2020-13185/mitigation-of-orbital-debris-in-the-new-space-age
>>>>
>>>> -Michelle W5NYV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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