The concept of long-term sustainability of space activities

Abstract

The possibility of using outer space brings measurable benefits to countries and humanity. At the same time, activities conducted in this area for many years caused littering. It threatens the security of space missions, and in the long run threatens to even lose the possibility of space penetration. These two facts influenced the formation of the concept of long-term sustainability of space activities. According to it, the cosmos should be an operationally stable environment, open to research and exploitation by both present and future generations. The article analyzes the Guidelines on Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities adopted in 2019, trying to present the essence of the concept through the prism of the measures that are necessary to implement it.