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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, ...
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...
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....
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...
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 ...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...on orbit, but this data is about to become available thanks to robotic systems. Effective Space s Space Drone satellite servicing spacecraft. Tugging, refuelling, deployable manipulation and ultra-close inspection can all be...the exterior of a satellite. Such payloads could fulfil a wide variety of missions: Earth imaging, communications, space weather monitoring, and more. But they cannot make use of the host satellite’s systems; they must provide...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... to save the Earth, we should explore another logical project that would provide a way to cope with climate change. Creating a radiation shield at L1 to modulate solar radiation so that x-rays and ultraviolet radiation could...of the very real threats that come to our planet from space - orbital space debris, issues related to changes to the geomagnetosphere, threats from space weather (i.e. CMEs, solar radiation flares, and depletion of the ozone...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...many and varied. For example, a nation like India is managing to dodge the exorbitant cost of space activities. Its space agency boasts a budget of nothing more than US$ 1 billion and has invested in practical societal applications...to developing nations but equally to those that prefer economic prudence to profligacy. The existing and foreseen climate of economic recession across the globe no longer permits the luxury of the latter. In this light,...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
...for the first time in 2014 and again in 2015, represents another problematic development for space security. The International Space Station is a symbol of cooperation. Here, three vehicles are simultaneously attached - Orbital ... with these are darkening. Suggestions that other space powers view one’s own space assets as vulnerable targets do not contribute to fostering a cooperative security climate. The diplomatic initiatives that have been put...
