By Andrea Owe, Published by RUSI, 15 Jun 2022 When expanding into outer space, humanity risks magnifying past mistakes, ones that have triggered a global state of unsustainability. The international community must engage now to ensure strategies for a space era support sustainability on Earth and prepare for a sustainable
By Kristine Liao, Published by Popular Science, 11 June 2022 The FAA is expected to decide by June 13 on whether the Starship can launch from Boca Chica. After years of development, the SpaceX Starship is rumbling to life for its first big launch. But before the 164-foot-tall rocket can
By Dave Webb and Peter BurtPublished by Dronewars UK and CND, 9 June 2022 Drone Wars UK and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) have come together to produce a new briefing that looks at the UK’s emerging military space programme and considers the governance, environmental, and ethical issues involved.
By Aman Azhar, Published by Inside Climate News, 23 May 2022 Elon Musk’s private space company has evolved into a sprawling industrial complex. But concerns are increasing about beach closures, noise and potential harm to threatened species. One day last month, Juan Mancias, the chief of the Carrizo Comecrudo tribe
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 11 May 2022 The U.K. is getting serious about beaming solar power. The United Kingdom is getting serious about beaming solar power from space and thinks it could have a demonstrator in orbit by 2035. Over 50 British technology organizations, including heavyweights such as
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 April 2022 The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report. We'll have to wait at least another month to see the results of the U.S Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program. The FAA
By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 7 April 2022 Since the first orbital launch more than 60 years ago, humanity has made great progress in the development of near-Earth space and deep space, which today include the development of new rocket fuel types — renewable green propellants. Thousands of
By Shira Ovide, Published by the New York Times, 6 April 2022 Maybe you’ve wondered as I have: Is there a point to rocketing rich guys like Jeff Bezos and the “Star Trek” actor William Shatner into space? Wendy Whitman Cobb, an Air Force political scientist for space, says yes.
