#spacesustainability — Public Fediverse posts

"For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html

#Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

A #computational modeling tool that incorporates #space debris collision probability directly into the earliest design phases of Earth-observation #satellite missions.
#Engineering #Spacecrafts #AerospaceEngineering #Astrodynamics #SpaceSustainability #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eng02162601.html

Springer International has just released "Space Ecology: From Earth to Moon and Mars", by Patrizia Caraveo. The book "extends the concept of environmental protection to orbital space, which should be used in a sustainable way."

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-78344-9

#SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceSustainability #SpacePolicy

Bad news for the impact of increasing rocket launches on the terrestrial #environment: "Our ‘ambitious’ scenario (2,040 launches/year) leads to a -0.29% depletion in annual-mean, near-global total column #ozone, relative to a simulation with no rocket launches. Antarctic springtime ozone decreases by 3.9%. Our ‘conservative’ scenario (884 launches/year) leads to a -0.17% annual depletion; current licensing rates suggest this scenario may be exceeded sooner than 2030."

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5837547/v1

#SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #Space #SpaceSustainability

"This potential treasure hunt in space has sparked discussions about ownership laws, space ethics, and environmental implications. As these celestial bodies could herald an era where space becomes a frontier for industry and sustainable energy, they invoke questions about the regulation of extraterrestrial resource claims."

https://www.scimag.news/news-en/130047/asteroids-to-power-the-future-space-mining-revolution-begins/

#Space #SpaceMining #SpaceLaw #SpaceEthics #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceSustainability

"During the conference launch, Joanne Wheeler, Director of ESSI, highlighted a crucial yet often overlooked aspect, namely: 'Space is part of our Earth’s ecosystem – our home,' and 'What we do in space is an extension of our life on Earth.'"

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/protecting-a-global-space-resource/

#Space #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceDebris #OrbitalCrowding

"Having lots of new satellites potentially operating in VLEO is going to make for a complicated environment." (via @bbc_future)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250207-sky-skimmers-the-race-to-send-satellites-into-very-low-earth-orbits

#Space #Satellites #VLEO #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceDebris

From the editorial board of the Washington Post today: "Space is, for the most part, a vast, impersonal vacuum. But the part of it that includes our small precinct of the universe is a human-influenced environment upon which society depends. Increasingly, people need to think of it that way."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/space-weather-asteroids-orbital-debris-environment/

#Space #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceEnvironment #Environment #SpaceSustainability