Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper
}
TY - CONF
T1 - ‘It is an ethical question!’
T2 - RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
AU - Jones, Craig
AU - Jyoti, Divya
PY - 2024/8/28
Y1 - 2024/8/28
N2 - The future lies in Outer Space! This sentiment has captured the interest of policy makers and academics alike. The recent decade has seen a significant growth of private company led ‘exploration’ of Outer Space. From crewed missions, launch technologies, and satellite manufacturing and operations to speculative endeavours surrounding asteroid mining, lunar mining, and Martian habitation, the private is associated with a range of activities within the Space sector. Taken collectively, these established and nascent industries comprise the NewSpace Economy (NSE): a growing area of investment and speculation. This growing sector is, necessarily, future-oriented and an array of futures are consequently (re)created to justify their activities and investments.Despite the growing traction of these various endeavours, the multifaceted nature of the ethical implications ingrained within the current and proposed NSE activities remains underexplored. Whilst there has been a growing interest in the geographies of Outer Space – particularly through a geopolitical lens – the scalar politics of responsibility and the modes of governance these entail have yet to be seriously and deliberately interrogated. In this lightening talk, we will outline some of the ethical deliberations that need to happen regarding both the terrestrial and extraterrestrial ethics of Outer Space governance and the attendant futures these entail.
AB - The future lies in Outer Space! This sentiment has captured the interest of policy makers and academics alike. The recent decade has seen a significant growth of private company led ‘exploration’ of Outer Space. From crewed missions, launch technologies, and satellite manufacturing and operations to speculative endeavours surrounding asteroid mining, lunar mining, and Martian habitation, the private is associated with a range of activities within the Space sector. Taken collectively, these established and nascent industries comprise the NewSpace Economy (NSE): a growing area of investment and speculation. This growing sector is, necessarily, future-oriented and an array of futures are consequently (re)created to justify their activities and investments.Despite the growing traction of these various endeavours, the multifaceted nature of the ethical implications ingrained within the current and proposed NSE activities remains underexplored. Whilst there has been a growing interest in the geographies of Outer Space – particularly through a geopolitical lens – the scalar politics of responsibility and the modes of governance these entail have yet to be seriously and deliberately interrogated. In this lightening talk, we will outline some of the ethical deliberations that need to happen regarding both the terrestrial and extraterrestrial ethics of Outer Space governance and the attendant futures these entail.
KW - Outer Space
KW - Wicked Problems
KW - Governance
KW - Ethics
UR - https://event.ac2024.exordo.com/presentation/3121/it-is-an-ethical-question-reflections-on-wicked-problems-of-the-futural-explorations-in-and-of-outer-space
M3 - Conference paper
Y2 - 27 August 2024 through 30 August 2024
ER -