This book brings together diverse new perspectives on current and emerging themes in space risk, covering both the threats to Earth-based activities arising from space events (natural and man-made), and those inherent in space activity itself.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Asteroid and Cometary Impact Hazards. Chapter 3. Space Weather - the Sun as a natural hazard. Chapter 4. Hazards & Habitability: Galactic Perspectives. Chapter 5. Space Debris: Risk and Mitigation. Chapter 6. Commercial Space Risks, Spacecraft Insurance and the Fragile Frontier. Chapter 7. Space Sustainability. Chapter 8. Space Activity and the Nascent Risk of Terrorism. Chapter 9. Reconciling the Past, Present and Future of National Security, Military Activity and Space Law. Chapter 10. Managing the Resource Revolution: Space Law in the New Space Age.

Richard J. Wilman is Assistant Professor (Teaching) at Durham University, UK. He obtained a PhD in astrophysics from Cambridge University, followed by research posts in the UK, The Netherlands, and Australia.

Christopher J. Newman is Professor of Space Law and Policy at Northumbria University, UK. He has a PhD in cross-comparative constitutional law and has been active in the teaching and research of Space Law for several years.