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...
15 May 2024
Lisbon summit calls for urgent action on space threats
...“Today, as the number of stakeholders and satellites in space are increasing and when governance becomes increasingly complex, we realise... of orbit in collaboration with all nations, be they space-faring or not. And at this particular moment in time...
