October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... there is actually no guarantee that this altitude also represents a minimum in the untracked population. Long term space sustainability. Call for control Kuiper and Starlink constellations will face a steady ‘rain’ of small debris objects descending...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... Policy Institute Master’s programme at George Washington University, their research interests include space sustainability, orbital debris mitigation and ethics in science and technology. Riesbeck also holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
...Europe to play a leading role in the global exploration of space and to achieve this, the council have identified three main...the exploration vehicle that will carry crew to space, sustain astronauts during their missions, provide emergency abort capability ...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
...exploration vehicle and it will carry the crew to space, sustain astronauts during their missions, provide emergency abort capability,... anything go wrong. And for additional storage (for space souvenirs perhaps?) it is also equipped with a stowaway...
17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... the debris could have significantly longer orbital lifetimes. According to the Secure World Foundation, an organisation devoted to space sustainability issues, the newly-created debris field will expand in size and spread in a ring around the Earth...
01 April 2025
Who Owns Outer Space?
No doubt about it: space sustainability is the topic of the day and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. It’s about time too, because the wheels on that wagon are about to fall off! The book’s title – Who Owns Outer Space? – latches onto...
