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April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... Pence has acknowledged that “making sure that we have the security in space to advance human space exploration is the underpinning of the Space Force”. Human space exploration in this context is a euphemism for private enterprise, as bluntly ... war that has plagued us throughout human history. The global community resolved early in the Space Age that space was not to become just another battlefield. Disputes would be resolved peaceably, on Earth, ...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... sanctions and consequent devastating inflation, Iran is on the verge of an economic abyss. Space analyst Henk Smid describes how Iranian spaceflight is entangled with international policy towards Iran’s nuclear... a launch weight of about 27 tonnes; it is capable of placing 50 kg satellites into 300 km orbits. A second space launch vehicle developed by Iran is the Simorgh, a two-stage liquid propellant rocket for launching 250 kg satellites...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... particular way. Opportunities that demonstrate attainability, by highlighting the variety of careers paths available in the space sector, are incredibly important. The Skype a Scientist programme, for example, gives students who may never... data interpretation, software development and scientific writing. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) have branches around the world, running a variety of outreach events, competitions ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... and connecting the world in ways that would otherwise not be possible. We utilise space to accurately predict weather, perform disaster relief, and support national security and military functions, keeping our citizens ...and funding for DoD to start a pilot programme to buy, test and evaluate commercial weather data and services. Realigning space exploration Space exploration is an important part of the United States’ leadership in the world. When...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... orbital advertising displays - purely in order to be seen from Earth is not expressly prohibited under international space law. Where the law might be of assistance in regulating pollution is on a national level. Under ... also worth remembering that, while regulators will be mindful of the environmental impact of their nation’s space activity, there are also significant economic considerations at play. It is by no means certain that regulators...
September 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
... addition to EOR satellites, protecting the growing number of assets in space requires a greater understanding of space weather effects in general. This includes understanding how space weather can lead to various anomalies onboard spacecraft, as well as how ... as the Van Allen Probes, along with ground instrumentation near Earth’s poles, space weather researchers at the British Antarctic Survey continue to work towards these goals by developing...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
...forward by analysts and (primarily) military commentators who then go on to postulate that, as a result, war in space is, ultimately, ‘inevitable’ - so we had better prepare for it. Government and military officials have lamented that a...; Member of the UNESCO-EOLSS sub-committee on The Science of Space; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law Committee, International Law Association; and ROOM Editorial Board member....
January 2019
Industry 4.0 will revolutionise the space market
... Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0) [source: www.vdi.de]. Machine-to-machine Most manufacturing processes in the space industry are timeconsuming and costly The main idea of Industry 4.0 is to create more flexible manufacturing processes... [Figure 4]. By offering Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), HOSTmi acts independently to best match space experiments and other payloads with the most suitable flight opportunities worldwide. PaaS means neutrally ...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... blindly, did not facilitate the attraction of investment, whereas the possibility that extraction of space resources amounts to appropriation incommodes the initial planning. Hearing the concerns of all parties involved... and private interests. Whether a regulatory solution is on the horizon or not, the debate on space resources governance is definitely here to stay, especially given the time-consuming procedures involved. Serious international...
