January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... impacts. In this article Dr Joseph Pelton, a passionate advocate of using space systems to help humanity, provides an overview of the challenging issues we face and offers some innovative solutions that we might do well to heed. Since the Space Age...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... also dictates a smallest tether size that can be climbed on. Computer graphic of a Space Elevator tether terminus platform. Challenges and risks Space debris is a high risk for a static elevator, as anything that doesn’t follow an exactly periodic...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... investors have entered the industry in a significant way. Despite this, space finance remains perhaps the biggest challenge to truly opening up the high frontier, especially in light of recent economic traumas caused by Covid-19. This begs the...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... of decommis- sioning in the energy sector Each of the aforementioned terrestrial industries has also had to confront the challenges posed in respect of their ‘legacy waste’, that is the pre-existing installations or materials that are not covered...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... rethink of the legal framework While recognising the vast array of opportunities, the use of AI gives rise to challenges under international law related to transparency, human control and judgment, responsibility, liability and ethics. The fact ...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... health. Today, we are at an historical turning point. As forests burn, cities flood and the world faces unprecedented challenges, this is the moment to contribute bold, shared ambitions and solutions enabled by space. Ambition is a word I use a lot...
