September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
...of orbital motion, resulting in a relatively large drag force which increases the orbital decay rate. Ion-beam shepherd ..., he had a 28-year career in the Royal Canadian Air Force as an Aerospace Controller, concerned with space operations and project...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... and bring about the possibility of serious disruption and damage of unimaginable extent, scope and nature. One US Air Force General is reported to have stated that after a war in space, “You go back to World War II... you go back to the...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... out an inconvenient truth necessitating interstellar travel for solutions.” After a 780-day top secret mission, the US Air Force X-37B spaceplane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on 27 October 2019. The purpose of its...
June 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
... systems that would protect the Alliance from Iranian and North Korean ballistic missiles. According to the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Agency’s assessment, “Iran could develop and test an ICBM [intercontinental...
December 2014
Necessity is the mother of invention
...Industries and mPrest, the IMoD and the Israel Defense Forces. During the development of Iron Dome, Rafael accelerated ... development group and in relations with IMoD and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) was open and without ‘punishment’ for failures ...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
...that US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) maintains - with the help of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) - for example, is to maintain a...that AFSPC become more transparent and work via the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to engage the space community ...
