June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
...a software-defined architecture. The exponentially accelerating pace of technological change is a concept not fully understood. In his book, Space is Open for Business, Robert Jacobson quotes David Rose, the Founder of New York Angels, who summarised...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
...Only through such leadership, with all nations working together, will we preserve the space environment for future generations.” Mert Evirgen, of Northern Space Security, also advocates the need for legally binding guidelines in his article Collision...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... the power grid, civil aviation and many satellite applications. The threat posed to these technologies by severe space weather has been well documented in a range of studies, most prominently in a study by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (Cannon...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... exploitation’ has something of a negative hue predisposing opinions on the subject. Similarly, neither ‘use of outer space’ or ‘space exploration’ encompass any commercial motive, as they refer to generic and rather scientific purposes. So far, the...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...; development of the technology required for planetary defence; and the inception of an interdisciplinary approach to global space governance Reorganising space agencies One massive solar storm in the form of a giant coronal mass ejection could knock...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... IX further provides that the study and exploration of space and celestial bodies must be conducted in such a ... deal with any global health concern occurring in space or originating from space. But as the current coronavirus demonstrates, global...
