Notice2021-24125
Orbital Debris Research and Development Plan
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Published
November 5, 2021
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Science and Technology Policy Office
Abstract
On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Committee on Homeland and National Security, Subcommittee on Space Weather Security and Hazards, Interagency Working Group on Orbital Debris Research and Development, OSTP requests input from all interested parties on the Orbital Debris Research and Development (R&D) Plan, which will inform the Orbital Debris Research and Development Interagency Working Group's activity for building out an implementation plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 61335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24125]
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY OFFICE
Orbital Debris Research and Development Plan
AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
ACTION: Notice of Request for Comment (RFC).
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SUMMARY: On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council
(NSTC), Committee on Homeland and National Security, Subcommittee on
Space Weather Security and Hazards, Interagency Working Group on
Orbital Debris Research and Development, OSTP requests input from all
interested parties on the Orbital Debris Research and Development (R&D)
Plan, which will inform the Orbital Debris Research and Development
Interagency Working Group's activity for building out an implementation
plan.
DATES: Responses are due by December 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested individuals and organizations should submit
comments electronically to Ezinne Uzo-Okoro at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b142939322f3a371f3e392932281b34282f2b753e342b753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbb48999928f9a97bf9e99899288bb94888f8bd59e948bd59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>. Further information may be received by
calling 202-456-4444.
Instructions: Response to this RFC is voluntary. Respondents need
not reply to all questions listed. Each individual or institution is
requested to submit only one response. OSTP and/or NSTC may post
responses to this RFC, without change, on a Federal website. OSTP,
therefore, requests that no business proprietary information,
copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be
submitted in response to this RFC. Please note that the United States
Government will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any
information contained in the response.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Orbital Debris Interagency Working Group
has commenced the development of an implementation plan to be released
in 2022. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6622, OSTP is soliciting public input
through this RFC to obtain recommendations from a wide range of
stakeholders, including representatives from diverse industries,
academia, other relevant organizations and institutions, and the
general public. The public input provided in response to this RFC will
inform OSTP and NSTC as they work with Federal agencies and other
stakeholders to develop an Orbital Debris implementation plan. This
implementation plan is building off the R&D plan published in January
2021.
Implementing this plan will close critical gaps in the knowledge
and capabilities needed to meet current and growing challenges of
orbital debris risk management. The R&D Plan organizes the orbital
debris challenges and research topical areas into three main areas of
orbital debris research and development: limiting debris generation by
design, tracking and characterizing debris, and remediating or
repurposing debris. OSTP seeks public input from the R&D community on
what R&D areas are priorities for government-sponsored initiatives/
coordination, the roles of academia, nonprofit, and industry actors in
addressing these actions, and potential avenues for coordination
between actors across public and private sectors.
Questions To Inform Development of the Plan
OSTP seeks responses to the following questions to improve
government coordination and to provide long-term guidance for Federal
programs and activities in support of the United States Orbital Debris
Research & Development implementation plan.
(1) The extent to which progress in the R&D topical areas
identified in the Orbital Debris R&D Plan will address the orbital
debris challenges. What, if any, R&D areas are missing?
(2) Among the topic areas listed in the R&D Plan, what are the
highest priority R&D areas (up to five) for making progress in
addressing the challenges posed by orbital debris to the space
environment?
(3) What near-term actions can be taken by the Federal government
to make progress towards high priority R&D areas? How would these
specific actions address the orbital debris challenges in the near
term?
(4) What R&D activities would be most valuable in the long-term or
would be the most transformative to addressing orbital debris
challenges?
(5) What are the opportunities to partner with entities outside the
Federal government, nationally and internationally? What are the viable
and potentially innovative mechanisms to partner most effectively?
Dated: November 1, 2021.
Stacy Murphy,
Operations Manager.
[FR Doc. 2021-24125 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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