How Are You Contributing to a Safe and Sustainable Future in Space?
A sustainable space environment for machines and people is a basic condition for the space economy. It is how we will maintain access to orbit and achieve the commercial success the industry dreams of. Until now, the world has relied on treaties and cooperation among business and government to keep space safe. As the value of space grows, that approach is fast running out of runway.
Beginning this April, SSPI has been engaged in Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety, a topic campaign that picks up where our previous campaign, Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 1, left off. We are exploring policy, law, technology and operations in development now to manage the challenging space environment of the future. We will ask if enough is being done and, if not, how we can motivate greater urgency in finding solutions. The campaign also looks at business models and technology advances that hold the promise of heading off the dreaded Kessler Syndrome that could make low Earth orbit unusable for decades.
Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety is underwritten by the Space Shuttle Children’s Trust Fund
New Ideas in Space Safety, Episode 1: Prioritizing Space Safety and Sustainability with Diana Klochkova
In this SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, Tamara Bond-Williams, Director of Engagement at SSPI, speaks with Diana Klochkova, Chief Marketing Officer at Privateer Space, a pioneering company dedicated to making space access safer and more accessible.
Diana Klochkova is CMO of Privateer, where she leads marketing for the space start-up as it builds the tools that will make space safer and more accessible. Diana’s background spans a variety of roles in B2C, B2B, digital, and content marketing. In 2018, she founded Zaya, a boutique agency focusing on purpose-driven projects. Prior to Zaya, she held leadership roles at Rebel Ventures, Omnicom Media Group and Levi Strauss & Co.
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Humanity’s Future in Space
Our future in space has been the stuff of dreams for over a century. And every day brings us closer to making those dreams a reality!
But we can’t reach our dreams in space unless we can reach orbit safely. A sustainable space environment for machines and people is a basic condition for the space economy. It is how we will maintain access to orbit and achieve the commercial success the industry dreams of.
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New Ideas in Space Safety, Episode 2: Creating a Framework for Sustainable Space with Merissa Velez
In this SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, Tamara Bond-Williams, Director of Engagement at SSPI, speaks with Merissa Velez, Chief of the Satellite Programs and Policy Division at the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Space Bureau.
Merissa Velez is Chief of the Satellite Programs and Policy Division of the Federal Communications Commission’s Space Bureau. In this role, Ms. Velez oversees a team addressing legal and policy issues associated with the licensing and regulation of satellite systems. Ms. Velez has focused on satellite regulatory issues at the FCC for the past ten years, and was previously the Chief of the Satellite Policy Branch in the International Bureau’s Satellite Division. Prior to joining the FCC, Ms. Velez clerked for the Supreme Court of Hawaii and worked in the legal publishing industry. Ms. Velez is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and Middlebury College.
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Safety on the Moon: NASA’s Artemis Lunar Exploration Program
In this book, Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Members Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, founding President of SSPI, and Peter Marshall present a probing review of the safety of the Artemis Moon Exploration program. Safety on the Moon covers a host of launch and landing systems, space suits, “smart” robotic lunar rovers, lunar search and rescue systems, lunar habitats and more. All must achieve great resilience and safety. Too long, NASA and its international partners have focused on astronauts working in low Earth orbit and the ISS. Soon private space stations will take over hosting citizen astronauts while NASA moves to deep space. Astronauts will soon be exploring the Moon, operating a lunar "Gateway" platform, and seeking ice deposits in the craters near the Moon’s South Pole. Artemis involves an expenditure of over $100 billion but “NewSpace” industry plus innovative NASA commercial partnerships are containing cost and spurring innovation. Find here a host of recommended safety innovations. These range from “smart robonauts” to new space architecture. These new designs could fly astronauts from orbiting space depots directly to the Moon in lower-cost reusable lunar landers. The authors call for a NASA long-range vision for safe travel to Mars, planetary defense and more.
You can read a sample of Safety on the Moon and purchase your copy on Amazon.
Have a Story You Want to Tell?
Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety is an ongoing campaign that will be featuring new content throughout the year. If you or your company have a story to tell about new space safety policies or technologies you’re developing, contact Engagement Director Tamara Bond-Williams to discuss contributing content to the campaign!