Countering the threat of space pollution: awareness raising via sustainability narratives

Campion, Nicholas (2026) Countering the threat of space pollution: awareness raising via sustainability narratives. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 20 (S385). pp. 24-28. ISSN 1743-9221

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Abstract

This paper engages with the conference themes of community engagement and awareness raising, through proposing narratives which provide alternative stories to the belief in unrestricted technological development. The plan to launch up to 400,000 satellites into Earth orbit is an example of unregulated corporate capitalism: many private corporations and governments are encouraging rapid growth of the space sector without sufficient consideration of broader and potentially consequences for Earth and space environments or the interests and welfare of the wider community. My question in this paper is how far sustainability narratives from the humanities and social sciences can assist in the attempts to limit pollution of the sky and near-Earth environment.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Article version: VoR From Cambridge University Press via Jisc Publications Router History: received 21-11-2023; accepted 22-07-2024; ppub 01-12-2024; epub 19-01-2026. Licence for VoR version of this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords:	harmony, satellite constellations, sustainability narratives
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921324001443
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Publications Router
Depositing User:	JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2026 10:50
Last Modified:	21 Jan 2026 11:06
URI:	https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/4098

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