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July 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
...which helps protect government finances. Artist’s rendering of Dream Chaser atop a ULA Atlas V rocket on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Astronautics It’s also different because we actually own ... the possibility of repurposing Dream Chaser as an orbital servicing platform, using its ability to fly and manoeuvre in space to visit a number of different satellites in low Earth orbit. We expect 15 missions out of each of ...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... could happen sooner than expected In addition to space resources, space manufacturing appears to be another promising area for deep space investment. Space manufacturing has been pioneered by the additive manufacturing ...establishment of DSPs and the coagulation of basic infrastructure in-space. From there, refinements to deep space propulsion, deep space communication and in-space mission capability can be better established. This should ...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
...months and years. However, there remain some differences related to the anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty and UNISPACE+50 compared to previous UNISPACE conferences. If new regulatory mechanisms, agreements or ... focuses on contemporary trends and dynamics in the global space sector. He is chairman of an NGO Slovak Space Policy Association, a member of the Space Generation Advisory Council representing Slovakia and regularly participates at ...
July 2018
Guardians of the galaxy
..., a humanitarian organisation focused on rescue and protection of all space actors, may mitigate against a potential arms race in space - a source of concern dating back to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik itself. A regulatory agency with a single focus, specifically the...
August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
... Using for example Variational Autoencoders (VAE), we can model the variations of the appearance of a particular space object or a class of space objects. We can also model (or interpolate) a finer variation between objects or types. In figure ...that can be used to complement the learning process and generate ever more powerful models. The Space Fence space surveillance system built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, due to be operational in ...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
...needs to put its own house in order before spending time, effort and considerable resources on space exploration. Space activity now permeates all manner of commercial, scientific and military endeavours in a way that did...state activity and commercial activity will need to be reconciled with the need to respect the fragile space environment if space activity is to be sustainable for future generations. Thanks are due to Dr. Michael Macaulay of ...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
...policy issues, it is useful to briefly examine the focus of business plans based on space resources utilisation (space mining). Commercial business plans in this area focus on characterising, accessing, extracting, and ... prohibited. An interpretation of this type would have obvious negative impact on business plans focused on space resources utilisation, and by extension the security of investments in those plans. However, opinion is consolidating...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
.... The ‘right impetus’ would be “the establishment of an Australian Space Agency to lead a cohesive national space strategy” [4]. Civil space leadership Australia relies heavily on its relationship with the United States for...et al, with the collaboration of Scott Aughenbaugh et al., edited Implications of Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space, report for Center for Strategic International Studies (Washington DC: Rowman Littlefield, 2017). 12 This idea is ...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...new and more cost-effective robotics missions, advanced navigation and precision manoeuvring in space, improved space situational systems, lower cost satellite manufacturing techniques and improved power systems including ... bodies, and States shall facilitate and encourage international co-operation in such investigation.’ Article II ‘Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of ...
