March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
..., or more precisely the overcrowding of the near-Earth environment. With the rapid development of space activities in an increasing number of countries and regions, some near- Earth space environments are becoming crowded, with many operational and...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... state activity and commercial activity will need to be reconciled with the need to respect the fragile space environment if space activity is to be sustainable for future generations. Thanks are due to Dr. Michael Macaulay of Victoria University...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... industries and seek to answer the question whether any part of this experience can be transferred to the space environment. Global space activity is already worth an estimated US$400 billion annually and this figure is set to increase dramatically...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... of new materials needed for spacecraft, flight hardware and astronaut clothing that can withstand the harsh space environment. The experiments demonstrate how these materials react when exposed to atomic oxygen, radiation, vacuum, zero gravity...
July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... demands an understanding of the associated vulnerabilities in what has become an increasingly congested Earth-orbiting space environment. From just one spacecraft in orbit in 1957, thousands of spacecraft, their associated transportation systems...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... debris demonstrates the value of improving coordination and cooperation among the diversity of space actors. In the current space environment, business solutions that work in tandem with the adoption of best practices and other legal and regulatory...
