May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...today, the world is moving towards a new reality where humanity will depend increasingly on a new space economy and it will be recognised that space hazards can threaten global prosperity. A study by Lloyd’s of London, for example, has suggested that...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... changes, transforming it from scientific curiosity to commercially-recognised threat. Historically, awareness of space hazards was limited to countries with operational space science missions, but the growing volume and variety of infrastructure...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... the ultimate verification that it was the result of a huge meteor collision came from space observations. A more recent wake-up call about space hazards that can crash into planets at supersonic speeds with horrendous destructive force came...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
.... The three prime objectives of this amazing new effort are: (i) more access to space by developing nations; (ii) peaceful uses of outer space; and (iii) identification of space hazards and global initiatives to undertake planetary defence. All the...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... goal and would entail a cooperative programme to create a planetary defence system. Today, space agencies have significant programmes to study space hazards and explore planetary defence mechanisms. Indeed, a detailed analysis of NASA’s budget shows...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... last few years have seen increasing appreciation that our life on Earth faces significant risks from space hazards and that practical action to mitigate those risks is highly desirable, and well within human capabilities. One...
