What would be the state of affairs in international space governance in 2050? Will the States be willing to cooperate to solve the problem of space environment and space traffic management? This is an extension of my research for my doctoral thesis titled "Preventing Collisions in Outer Space: Towards Better Implementation of State Responsibility". At present, outer space offers unprecedented benefits to humanity from extensive and inexpensive communications to mitigation and management of disasters. However, increase in satellites in space is resulting in increase in space debris, primarily due to collisions in outer space. It is expected that there will be exponential growth of space debris, which will seriously threaten sustainability of space exploration and utilization.

My B21 project is describing in narrative format how I envision the space environment problem would stand 30 years from now. It is portrayal of the ideal solution of the space environment pollution problem as per my understanding. What I wish to produce at the end of 8 weeks is a transcript of a workshop series that I am conducting in 2050 for school students to make them understand the importance of governance of space environment and the long strides taken by humanity in that direction since the beginning of space age.