July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... least because it exemplifies two best practices that we would all do well to aspire to; it is an extraordinary example of sustainability because it functions as a sensitive organism and now recycles up to 100 percent of its waste, and it is the only...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
... for the first time in the modern era. The new factory represents Lockheed Martin’s “commitment to build sustainable and affordable capabilities for NASA to send astronauts to explore the Moon and eventually Mars,” said Lisa...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
...governance. The focus of the two-day meeting Umbilical Design co-organized in 2014 was on Space for Sustainability and Sustainability in the Space sector. Space technology transfer involves finding technologies and concepts in the space industry that...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
...has been convened to address the issue.18 Clearly, there is recognition that this is a problem that affects future sustainability of space activities. The legal framework to deal with debris currently can best be described as ambiguous.19 Non-binding...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...telescopes and antennas; power generation and servers in space; materials and medicines manufactured in orbit; and ultimately sustainable lunar development. Success in this area will accelerate new commercial services from space, further widening the...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... will be to collect and select research proposals, which can be on any topic that supports the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, such as studying climate change, food security, global health, or water resources. In other words, UNOOSA...
