July 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...agencies around the world and the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPOUS), especially through its Long Term Sustainability of Space Activities initiative, are addressing cosmic threats from asteroids and comets, but have essentially...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... recently began a review of its own civil space regulation: The Space Activities act of 1998, and The Space Activities Regulations of 2001. In seeking to facilitate a pro-growth environment in space, the United States’ government is walking a fine...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
...’ has been boosted in recent years as the scope of ESA’s space activities has expanded. Human dependability Human dependability is about the contribution of a crew member in a space system to safety and reliability. Machines can fail but so too can...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...limitations associated with deploying communications satellites to enhance system performance and increase revenue return. Relevant space activities that represent intermediate steps to full on-orbit assembly include on-orbit inspection and servicing...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... infinite possibilities. More and more countries are becoming spacefaring nations and a new wave of commercial space activities has given both states and the private sector unique opportunities and challenges to make history. And ...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...2017 aims to establish a certification authority for space activities. Certification will remove legal uncertainties. For ...-range goals” and develops “a strategy for national space activities”. Arguably this article’s proposals fall within the scope...
