Intro

Why do we care

Possible stories:
 sep 2019
 2020 - 3 near misses with ISS (https://www.jpost.com/science/international-space-station-nearly-struck-by-chinese-satellite-debris-684809) (https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv24i3.pdf)
 May 2020 - Fregat tank breakup (left debris from 1000 to 6000 miles in altitude)
 May 2021 - Canadarm2 got hit (https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/news.asp, part way down)
 Nov 2021 - Dodge debris from anti-satellite test in 2007 (China) (Jerusalem post above)
Nasa releases a 


Why should we care?
 - All orbits are subject to some degree of polution.
 - Common uses: GPS, Military Communications, Commercial internet and TV.
 - Exploratory uses: R&D of pharmaceuticals, exploration.
 - Collisions and debris damage are to some degree inevitable. 

What is different now:
 - Launch costs (https://aerospace.csis.org/data/space-launch-to-low-earth-orbit-how-much-does-it-cost/) (https://fortune.com/2017/06/17/spacex-launch-cost-competition/)
 - Cubesats/nanosats (numbers at https://www.nanosats.eu/)
 - in short, accessability. With lower cost per mass to orbit, more reasons to go. With lower development costs, easier to build many small satellites. This gives us a need for urgency.



major points
 - Summaries of results so far.
 - Request for suggestions on utility functions that might be worth investigating
 - Discussion of goals
 	- Investigate pigouvian taxation, cleanup bonds, etc.
	- Standardize interface so it is easy to estimate results.
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 - Discussion of other work that should happen
 	- Estimation of parameters (simulation, bayesian, calibration, best guesstimates, etc)
	- Rights of way work (way to get operators to declare a no-move value?)
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Other sources
Historical breakup events: https://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv23i1.pdf
Breakups: https://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv25i1.pdf
Newsletter on debris breakups: https://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/