Present and the Future of Space Internet: The Space Generation Perspective

Bacsárdi, László; Birkeland, Roger; Hornig, A.; Shar, Mansoor; Morrison, Brandon; Tsodikovich, Yevgeny

doi:10.1089/space.2017.0018

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“…Satellite signals also support GPS devices and location-based services and improve safety by helping to prevent collisions between vehicles, such as trains, and informing responses to natural disasters such as oil spills and forest fires (Canis, 2016; Deloitte, 2019). Similarly, satellites extend Internet access to many world regions, reducing the digital divide (Bacsardi et al. , 2017; Strada, 2018).…”

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Beyond the planetary boundaries: exploring pluralistic accountability in the new space age

Tullio

Torre

Rea

et al. 2023

AAAJ

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PurposeNew Space activities offer benefits for human progress and life beyond the Earth. However, there is a risk that the New Space Economy may develop according to an anthropocentric mindset favouring human progress and survival at the expense of all other species and the environment. This mindset raises concerns over the social and environmental impacts of space activities and the accountability of space actors. This research article explores the accountability of space actors by presenting a pluralistic accountability framework to understand, inspire and change accountability in the New Space Economy. This study also identifies future research opportunities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a reflective and normative essay. The arguments are developed using contemporary multidisciplinary academic literature, publicly available evidence and examples. Further, the authors use Dillard and Vinnari's accountability framework to examine a pluralistic accountability system for space businesses.FindingsThe New Space Economy requires public and private entities to embrace hybrid and pluralistic accountability for their social and environmental impacts. A new way of seeing the relationship between human life, the Earth and celestial space is needed. Accounting language is used to mirror and mobilise broader forms of responsibility in those involved in space.Originality/valueThis paper responds to the AAAJ's special issue call for examining how accountability can be ensured in the New Space Age. The space activities businesses conduct, and the anthropocentric view inspiring their race toward space is concerning. Hence, the authors advocate the need for rethinking accountability between humans and nature. The paper contributes to fostering the debate on social and environmental accounting and the accountability of space actors in the New Space Economy. To this end, the authors use a pluralistic accountability framework to help understand how the New Space Economy can face the risks emanating from its anthropocentric mindset.

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