March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... would indicate multiple pathologies but astronauts experience no such problems; the data are normal in an outer space environment and are in accordance with a process of adaptation to zero-g. Karen Nyberg conducts an ocular health exam on herself...
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...
July 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...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... debris demonstrates the value of improving coordination and cooperation among the diversity of space actors. In the current space environment, business solutions that work in tandem with the adoption of best practices and other legal and regulatory...
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...
