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...
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...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... on fossil fuels. Reflective sunshades in orbit could help regulate global temperatures, buying time to transition toward more sustainable systems. These solutions are not science fiction; they are technologically feasible today. What remains missing...
