October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
...overcome the extreme constraints placed on them by the space environment and wrestle with complex hardware development challenges In fact, SpaceX’s approach flips the traditional mindset: instead of obsessing over the product’s complexity, its system...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...waiting for service, and may potentially be operated outside of its originally intended design. This in itself will be challenging given that commercial communication satellites are currently not built with servicing in mind. Cost-conscious satellite...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...OST. It is important to keep in mind this is a positive, forward-thinking agreement, even if its vagaries occasionally make it a challenge to implement. Its passage represented an effort at peace-making by the two super powers at the beginning of the...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... in space with current technology is tough, expensive, and sometimes dangerous. But the more we apply ourselves to those challenges, the less of an impediment they will be. Logical step The human settlement of space is the logical next step...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
...space objects (RSO). The risks imposed by space debris proliferation highlight the need to adequately address the challenges posed to the sustainability of the space environment and future space activities. As such, a number of private and government...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... updated language will be ripe for signature. Defend space access The United States should also be prepared to challenge, through diplomacy or show of force, actions which it considers destructive of space norms, lest those undesirable actions become...
