December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... and logic may be presented as a system (hierarchy): i) green policy; ii) green economy; iii) green standards; iv) green technologies; v) green technological approach. However, the green transition is impossible in space alone and/or in one country...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
...even with greater density! Table 1 shows the analysis of green technology capabilities in developing more environmentally friendly rocket technology. Table 2 shows how green technology ultimately affects rocket improvement aspects from the standpoint...
06 March 2020
Space set to generate 15,000 high-level new green jobs
... us to come together with the courage and the technological ambition to solve man-made climate change. With a wave of new green technologies set to take off from space and thousands of green jobs in the pipeline, the UK space industry should...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... in 2012 the cross-cutting Clean Space initiative was founded. It is organised along four branches: eco-design, green technologies, space debris mitigation, and active space debris removal. The iconic Earthrise image taken by the crew...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
.... The 1980s of my teens saw a leap in technology with microelectronics and the microcomputer, new manufacturing techniques and ... then the solutions are not just today’s green technologies, but technologies developed much further down the road. The...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
... required to quantify and reduce their environmental impact, from launch emissions to orbital waste. Incentives for green technologies, such as in-orbit servicing, are designed to align economic innovation with ecological responsibility. ESA strategy...
