NASA’s Space Sustainability Strategy

NASA defines space sustainability as the ability to maintain the conduct of space activities indefinitely into the future in a manner that is safe, peaceful, and responsible to meet the needs of the present generations while preserving the outer space environment for future activities and limiting harm to terrestrial life. This definition is based on the United Nations Long-Term Sustainability Guidelines and incorporates a slight change to align the definition with the U.S. National Space Policy of 2020.