June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... state activity and commercial activity will need to be reconciled with the need to respect the fragile space environment if space activity is to be sustainable for future generations. Thanks are due to Dr. Michael Macaulay of Victoria University...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... industries and seek to answer the question whether any part of this experience can be transferred to the space environment. Global space activity is already worth an estimated US$400 billion annually and this figure is set to increase dramatically...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... and international cooperation but were also key to the technological advancement of space technologies. Today, the inherent challenges for humans in the space environment provide at least some of the inspiration for the concept of autonomous...
June 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... demands an understanding of the associated vulnerabilities in what has become an increasingly congested Earth-orbiting space environment. From just one spacecraft in orbit in 1957, thousands of spacecraft, their associated transportation systems...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... the potential to produce well-rounded individuals who have been exposed to the many facets of SSA. The space environment should be treated as a finite resource that is in real jeopardy of being rendered useless The United States has rarely...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... that there have been three historical impediments: the demands of the space environment and space operations; a small industrial base for space robotic systems; and a space industry that requires extensive heritage before making investments in new...
