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Space debris threatens modern society and future generations. It is a symptom of severe unsustainability, and an alarming sign that there is an urgent need for change. Solutions-based linear-thinking has resulted in current innovations predominantly being either technological or managerial. Space debris, however, is a systemic problem that requires...
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... Karpenja (2023) applied a life-centred design lens to the domain of product packaging, outlining how the field has evolved over time from a product-centred to a human-centred approach and is under increasing pressure to shift to a fully circular and wastefree process. El-Rashid et al. (2021) implemented a life-centred design approach to tackle the problem of space debris. Their process involved scenarios, roadmapping and backcasting as tools and their analysis found that life-centred design when applied at a systems level can evolve with the wicked problem to provide new perspectives. ...
... In this orbital region, objects of 10 cm and larger triple in size every 200 years, resulting in a 10% increase in collision probabilities. We have collected space debris data from various sources, including the ESA [12] and NASA's website [48] , to plot the trend of space debris from 1957 to 2019. The trend line in Figure 4 shows a clear exponential growth of debris in recent years, so there is an urgent need to tackle the space debris issue. ...
Artificial satellites have enormous advantages, resulting in a massive increase in launches. As of January 2022, approximately 4852 operational satellites were orbiting Earth, assisting humans in communication, technology development, space observation, and earth science. Among the cataloged objects in space, only 20% are operational satellites, with the rest being debris. This debris poses a danger to active satellites and limits the orbital space for new satellite launches. These non-functional, fast-moving debris pieces may trigger collisions and potentially create new fragments of space junk. Most countries striving to exploit outer space have neglected the long-term consequences as explained by the tragedy of the Commons archetype. This study examines how the space race led to the specific issue of orbital debris using a systems thinking approach. Using counter-intuitiveness, causal loop diagrams (CLD), systemigrams, and archetypes as systems thinking methods and concepts to explain the space debris challenge. The systems thinking tools used in this study attempt to highlight the current space debris problem and the lack of a clear policy framework to mitigate the severity of the problem. Even though many private organizations and some space agencies are conceptualizing ideas to remove debris from space, the major issues in resolving this problem are time, cost, and uncertainty. Our findings highlight the importance of addressing the issue at the technological, system engineering, and policy levels.
