January 2020
Open source space sustainability
...because TruSat is being built atop the Ethereum blockchain. TruSat will periodically compare its code base and database with tamper...-evident blockchain records, ensuring that the algorithms in effect at...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...approval. It leads to the creation of at least five start-up ventures aiming to set up a space-based broadcast backbone for blockchains. It is a space race without a real end-goal, leading to the unreasonable use of precious resources, from the radio...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... Although it has successfully launched two test satellites into Earth orbit, funding difficulties and subsequent acquisition by blockchain company Consensys has stalled its programme of missions indefinitely. If and when they resume, the company will...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... access to the entire knowledge base of humanity, artificial intelligence, massive computing power, additive manufacturing and blockchain-based contractual and financial exchange systems, individuals, families and small groups could find themselves...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... laboratory brought together what we called the ‘disruptive innovation community’, many of them working in AI, machine learning and blockchain, all now key words in the Earth observation community. These have been held annually and at the...
16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
... ITU sees as necessary given the significant changes in the last few years due to emerging technologies like 5G, Blockchain and the power of the Internet of Things (IoT). SpaceX’s news has also not gone done well...
