October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... space environment is vast, but the portion of usable space environment in orbits around the Earth that can sustain commercial space operations is fast diminishing, due to space debris. This problem is further complicated by the launch, or proposed...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... can be conflated, and arguably diluted, by association with other, pragmatic near-term issues. It is good that space sustainability is talked about in conferences such as this, but the community should be wary of over-academising the subject, while...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
... in Lisbon this week. “It would be irresponsible of me not to call out that I believe we are at a crisis point regarding space sustainability which requires immediate and decisive action,” he stated. “Every year that we fail to act increases the cost...
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...
February 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...
