February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
...remote sensing, etc.) and the exploration of the solar system (the sterilisation of probes and, more broadly, planetary protection). Tomorrow, it will be necessary to organise and govern the exploitation of space resources, in particular mining. This...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... include guidance on satellite disposal, collision avoidance, orbital lane assignment, in-space servicing, crew safety and planetary protection. It could also tackle frontier issues such as AI in space operations, lunar resource governance and dual...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... the unnecessarily gloomy idea that we need to become a multi-planetary civilization. This has been repeated so often that it appears,...report was back in 2000 – when space mining and planetary protection were not even mentioned. Next, it would be ...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... monitor electromagnetic radiation for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other planets. Lisa Pratt, NASA’s current Planetary Protection Officer, is concerned with forward contamination of another world with life from Earth and backward...
10 January 2021
Astrobiology. Current, Evolving and Emerging Perspectives
... fields and highlighting current and emerging topics. This includes an overview of astrobiology, biosignatures and planetary protection, as well as chapters on microbial life in impact craters, low-pressure environments and terrestrial analogue sites...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... journey. “Deep space is a challenging environment over distances that are hard to conceptualise,” says Brian Clement, Planetary Protection lead on the MarCO mission at JPL. “One adaptation to deep space that MarCO is equipped with is a reflectarray...
