| dc.contributor.author | Schwartz, James S. J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-04T19:33:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-04T19:33:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-08-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Schwartz, James S. J. 2016. Near-Earth water sources: ethics and fairness. Advances in Space Research, vol. 58:no. 3, 1 August 2016:pp 402–407 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0273-1177 | |
| dc.identifier.other | WOS:000379561000011 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2016.04.023 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/12306 | |
| dc.description | Click on the DOI link to access the article (may not be free). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | There is a small finite upper bound on the amount of easily accessible water in near-Earth space, including water from C-type NEAs and permanently shadowed lunar craters. Recent estimates put this total at about 3.7 x 10(12) kg. Given the non-renewable nature of this resource, we should begin thinking carefully about the regulation of near-Earth water sources (NEWS). This paper discusses this issue from an ethical vantage point, and argues that for the foreseeable future, the scientific use of NEWS should be prioritized over other potential uses of NEWS. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Advances in Space Research;v.58:no.3 | |
| dc.subject | Lunar resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | Asteroid resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Space policy | en_US |
| dc.title | Near-Earth water sources: ethics and fairness | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | (C) 2016 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | en_US |
