April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
...stuff, reclaim your sovereignty, recognise that you have choices.” But he warned that “if we lose space, we can’t achieve Earth sustainability,” since satellites provide critical observations for managing life on Earth. Moreover, Jah decried the rush...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... risk could drive the development of innovative solutions for the challenges facing the entire space community. Space sustainability should be viewed as a business problem both from the perspective of risk and of opportunity. There is an opportunity...
04 November 2025
IAC 2025 heralds new era in space sustainability
... human long-duration spaceflight. Across sessions, the theme “Sustainable Space: Resilient Earth” took center stage, expanding beyond planetary sustainability to include the sustainability of life beyond Earth. A unifying message emerged: the urgent...
12 September 2022
Scotland’s space sector flexes its green credentials
... ambitious plans to reduce its impact on the environment with the publication of a new sustainable space roadmap, the first of its kind on Earth. The Scottish Space Sustainability Roadmap sets out the steps needed to achieve the long-term goals...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
...in various issues of ROOM, many current international space conferences cover the important topic of space sustainability, and space experts devote many hours to space debris mitigation or removal. Space professionals and some governments are eagerly...
16 February 2026
New tool could reduce collision risk for EO satellites
.... Lead author John Mackintosh, PhD researcher at Manchester University, said: “Our research addresses what is described as a “space sustainability paradox”, the risk that using satellites to solve environmental and social challenges on Earth could...
