October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
New space is the term for commercial companies exploring and exploiting space for profit. This lies beyond the traditional role of government-funded space exploration. It is uncharted territory with no new regulatory structure in the form of a ...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
Earth’s annual journey around the Sun represents a perilous cosmic voyage and for thousands of years humans have remained blissfully ignorant of the dangers of asteroids and comets, coronal mass ejections, solar radiation flares and other cosmic ...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... space debris and asteroid impacts. In this article Dr Joseph Pelton, a passionate advocate of using space systems to help humanity... new beginning is now. About the author Dr Joseph Pelton is former Dean of the International Space University, Arthur...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... to find new solutions, and sharing of knowledge in this regard can produce significant progress. About the author Dr Joseph Pelton is former Dean of the International Space University, Arthur C Clarke Foundation founder and first President of the...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... modern infrastructure grows we become more and more vulnerable. Now is the time to act. About the author Dr Joseph Pelton, former Dean of the International Space University, Arthur C. Clarke Foundation . Founder, and the first President of the...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
..., Ram Jakhu, and Scott Madry, “Defending Earth Against Cosmic Hazards”, Room, Winter/Spring, 2016, pp 11-15. 4 Joseph N. Pelton, “Protecting Earth and A Better Way to Mars” Space Safety Magazine January 13, 2016 5 http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com...