September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... planet Earth - because, in the face of a global space threat, all of our ‘intra-planetary geopolitical squabbles’ will simply disappear... here purely astronautical issues but instead looking at space threats in a wider context. The 21st century is...
09 September 2016
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its way to study Bennu after successful launch Thursday
.... “Not a single anomaly was worked during the countdown. That’s almost unheard of.” OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 21, 2016. Credit: NASA “The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is happy and healthy,” said Rich...
08 September 2016
Close encounters of the asteroid kind: 2016 RB1 passes remarkably close to Earth
... of projects aimed at developing a viable planetary defence strategy have been suggested and implemented, including the Global Space Governance Study, the Planetary Safeguard System, and URBOCOP – Universal Robotic Battle Cosmic Platform, the latter...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
..., such as defensive shielding systems for space threats, but it would also require new systems of international space law and cooperative agreement among space agencies and commercial space enterprises. Indeed, the existence of such cosmic...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
...-funded academic consortium led by the University of Arizona could be more involved in the assessment and prediction of space threats and hazards. For example, the report suggests universities should be ‘pressured’ to deliver textbooks and courses...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... are a good first step, there is still much that can be done to improve our ability to deal with space threat. While the US government and other policymakers and experts are exploring initiatives to improve SSA, non-government...
