.... Last month, the Deimos Sky Survey (DeSS), a system designed to survey, track and catalogue near-Earth space objects, witnessed a discarded 10 year old ‘upper stage’ rocket section crumble into pieces. The newly-made fragments...
... to drafting and adopting a binding international treaty to prevent the placement of arms in outer space and the threat or use of force against outer space objects. Such a treaty was first proposed by Russia and China back in 2008. An updated Russian...
... extract water, oxygen and inks to print spare parts, agriculture to grow food in inhospitable terrain, space object tracking, and space exploration. The identification of enablers for unlocking these opportunities is the challenge. We are committed...
... satellite servicing industry presents unique challenges, including the fact that current space law forbids a nation from touching the space objects launched by another nation. An international body, possibly financed by a waste disposal tax, could...
... need for ‘further measures’ and for states ‘to refrain from actions contrary’ to the peaceful-use-of-outer-space objective. While this policy direction is clear and important, regrettably from the perspective of practical diplomacy, the PAROS...
... services the company has partnered with the University of Adelaide to develop a nanosatellite-based space object detection system to detect and track space objects and, in April 2017, an Inovor nanosatellite called SUSat - designed and built with...