It’s hard to believe that since humanity first ventured into space in 1957, we have already managed to pollute the orbital environment to such a significant extent. This debris poses a serious threat as it can stay in orbit for a few decades or all the way up to a thousand years. It’s all on a collision course with other space debris, operational satellites, and even our lone humans in space.
It’s not a good week for extreme frontier tourism, considering what just happened with OceanGate. And it’s really not a good week to take your inaugural commercial flight to space with paying customers aboard. But, Read more…
New Space The space industry has experienced a remarkable transformation in recent years, ushering in what is not-so-commonly referred to as the New Space era. The rise of commercial entities alongside traditional national agencies has Read more…
Satellite Constellations A few satellites just don’t do the job anymore. Satellite constellations were created to meet the demand for global connectedness and the incredible amount of data required to keep us up and running. Read more…
Nations in Orbit Geopolitical tension between the world’s most prominent space actors has resulted in the disintegration of cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), one of humanity’s incredible scientific achievements that have kept a Read more…
Establishing an Orbital Commons Earth’s orbits are regarded as a commons, a resource to which no individual actor holds exclusive title (Vogler 1995, 2); an “environmental object” which should not be appropriated to any individual Read more…
Viewing Migration from Above Many socioeconomic factors and human security issues are forcing human migration. However, there is a predicted significant growth of migration in the 21st century due to climate migrants fleeing from abnormal Read more…