August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... High Altitude Observatory. Her research efforts focus on weather at the space-atmosphere interface. She promotes scientific use of civil, military and commercial space environment observations. She is a retired US Air Force Officer, a Fellow of the...
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...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... of new materials needed for spacecraft, flight hardware and astronaut clothing that can withstand the harsh space environment. The experiments demonstrate how these materials react when exposed to atomic oxygen, radiation, vacuum, zero gravity...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... including governments, commercial entities, and academia, will ensure a safer and more equitable space environment. A sustainable space environment means not only preserving the orbital domain but securing the future of humanity’s endeavours...
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...