Application of sustainability concept to near-earth space as an integral part of earth-system in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This paper provides analysis to an application of sustainability concept on the governance of outer space activities and the Sustainable Development Goals as a whole. Its methods of analysis is descriptive. Results of data analysis show that there is a missing link between the existing measures to apply sustainability concept on terrestrial Earth and in near-Earth outer space. It is argued that near-Earth outer space environment as the medium for the enabling technologies to achieve Sustainable Development Goals is inseparable part of Earth-system concerned by the Sustainable Development Goals itself. As such, the near-Earth space environment should be explicitly included in the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.