ABSTRACT
This chapter questions relevant stakeholders on resilient spaceborne infrastructure assessment, describing methodologies for its assessment and adapting quantitative indices, and how the space debris risk can be governed. It presents the scenarios of inter-infrastructural failures. New Space sector resilience is an inter-disciplinary problem. The variables for evaluating resilience should be taken from the following fields: natural, engineering, social, economic and institutional. Resilience building starts with defining a reasonable worst-case scenario. Stakeholders must be prepared to ensure critical infrastructure resilience at a reasonable cost. While critical infrastructure operators, owners and governments agree on the need for resilience building, the views on the levels of resilience may differ. Dealing with the space debris risk has become a day-to-day business for space asset owners and operators. Moreover, there is an overarching societal interest in avoiding catastrophic impacts on the society well-being due to the collisions. Resilience is a key strategy for handling risk as we study current risk management and governance frameworks.
