June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... universe and would structure future searches for intelligence elsewhere. Unfortunately, the exotically shaped space object ‘Oumuamua that Breakthrough Listen helped monitor in December 2017 is unlikely to be an alien spacecraft. Another possibility...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... a country’s own assets, and not a third party’s space object, as when China destroyed one of its own satellites in an...However, a dispute over the existence or operation of a space object or facility would not arise overnight and the nations involved ...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... elements of autonomy. For the future, however, it is relevant to consider exactly how much autonomy, if any, ‘intelligent’ space objects should have, and what decisions necessitate ongoing human oversight. Thus, the growing reliance on autonomous...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...spacecraft and may provide additional revenue streams to servicing providers. In-orbit inspection involves approaching a space object from a satellite already in orbit to observe, image and identify causes of failure or malfunction. Inspection covers...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... the knowledge, characterisation, tracking, and understanding of space hazards including collisions, fragmentations, space object re-entries into our atmosphere, space weather events, as well as near-Earth objects posing risk to Earth. SSA versus SDA...
17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... in size and spread in a ring around the Earth that will likely remain on orbit to threaten other space objects for years to come. “Regardless of rationale, to deliberately create orbital debris of this magnitude is extremely irresponsible,” said...
