Usage of asteroid resources for space-based geoengineering

Russell Bewick; Joan-Pau Sanchez Cuartielles; Colin McInnes

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3

Usage of asteroid resources for space-based geoengineering

Russell Bewick, Joan-Pau Sanchez Cuartielles, Colin McInnes

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Currently, climate change is a significant threat to our way of life, with global mean temperatures predicted to increase by 1.1-6.4oC by the end of the century (IPCC 2007). This increase is driven by multiple factors, with the main contributors being the increasing concentrations of Greenhouse Gases (GHG), mainly CO2, CH4 and N2O, in the atmosphere, which is altering the Earth’s current energy balance and therefore the present climate. The current consensus within the scientific community is that the dominant factor in the changing climate of the Earth is the anthropogenic emission of GHG’s, with the probability of this being true termed "very likely" (90% probability) by the IPCC (IPCC 2007). Whilst the main effort within the global community should be to control climate change by reducing our emissions of GHG’s, it is prudent to investigate other methods of managing the climate system. The field of deliberately manipulating the Earth’s climate is called geoengineering, or climate engineering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Asteroids
Subtitle of host publication	Prospective energy and material resources
Editors	Viorel Badescu
Pages	581-604
Number of pages	24
Volume	XXXVIII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2013

Keywords

asteroid resource utilisation
space-based geoengineering
near Earth asteroid resources

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Projects

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VISIONSPACE - VISIONARY SPACE SYSTEMS: ORBITAL DYNAMICS AT EXTREMES OF SPACECRAFT LENGTH SCALE (ERC ADVANCED GRANT)

McInnes, C.

European Commission - FP7 - European Research Council

1/02/09 → 30/09/14

Project: Research

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Bewick, R., Sanchez Cuartielles, J-P., & McInnes, C. (2013). Usage of asteroid resources for space-based geoengineering. In V. Badescu (Ed.), Asteroids: Prospective energy and material resources (Vol. XXXVIII, pp. 581-604) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3

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