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...
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...
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...
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...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
...to the Moon and to venture even further, we should be asking: what image of humanity do we want to project onto new space environments? Is it a narrow picture or an inclusive one? What are the ethical and societal values that we want to identify with...
