September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
...their own defunct national and commercial debris. About the authors Houman Hakima is an Engineering Scientist at Space Strategies Consulting Ltd (SSCL). He obtained a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace...
24 June 2020
US steps up space weaponisation rhetoric
... from an electromagnetic pulse. Asked by ROOM if the department plans to share a full, classified version of the Defense Space Strategy with members of Congress, Department of Defense spokesperson Air Force Lt. Col. Uriah Orland replied via email...
January 2021
Spacepower and international relations
... international system, rather than overturn them. Editor’s note: this article is based on an extract from War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics published by Edinburgh University Press, 2020 (ISBN: 9781474450485. RRP, £85). This extract, for...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
..., with £7 million for UCL scientists to build key instruments. National Space Council to be established as part of upgrade to UK space strategy and governance The UK Space Agency and Cornwall Council intend to make available up to £20 million for...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... international effort, inclusive and open to everyone. Our partnership with SNC forms part of a wider strategy under HSTI of building space capacity of non-space-faring countries, particularly developing countries, so that they too can benefit from...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... There are strong British-based companies making advances in handling space debris, orbital assembly, micropropulsion, space manufacturing and space power. A national space strategy from government that builds on their expertise and specialisms, that...
