December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... space industry do not pay enough attention or allocate sufficient resources to providing ecological security and protecting the environment. Instead, space is stuck on the important issue of space debris in near-Earth space. But even this problem...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... during Earth’s history. On the other hand, hydrothermal vents, certain sedimentary formations and other geo-chemical environments are considered to be very likely locations for the first forms of life to have emerged. Likewise, I immersed myself...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
...world, benefitting customers in high-value and high-risk environments. The potential of night-time observations will also complement...what big companies are doing in their urban and rural environments. The powerful will be held accountable based on the...
January 2023
Producing food in space
... on exploited animals, fertilisers dependent on fossil fuels and farmland that could be reforested. Planning for the hostile environment of space does away with all of that immediately and allows us to design more resilient food systems for...
April 2026
Future-building in space - sustainability as first principle
... in a manner that considers environmental, social and economic impacts across their lifecycle and preserves the space environment for current and future generations, while providing ongoing access to downstream benefits from space activity (based...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... ESA being the coordinator of the space component. Copernicus is Europe’s answer to global needs, allowing us to manage the environment, to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure civil security. The Sentinel missions, the first of which...
