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22 Urgent action needed to keep satellites
safe in orbit
Overcrowding and space debris hazards in
geostationary orbit
Mark A. Skinner
, Boeing Research & Technology,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
SPACE SECURITY
28 World needs strong space governance system
Establishing viable and effective laws for activities in
outer space
Ram S. Jakhu
&
Tanveer Ahmad
Institute of Air & Space Law,
McGill University, Canada
32 Future space applications and their
regulatory needs
How do we create a new regulatory future to govern
satellite applications?
Scott Madry
, Executive Director, the Global Space
Institute, North Carolina, USA
35 Will international space law struggle to
remain relevant?
‘Holistic’ system of global space governance needed
to keep space law pertinent
Steven Freeland
, Professor of International Law,
Western Sydney University, Australia
39 Humanity is moving towards a new reality
Creating new ‘rules of the road’ for space exploration
and exploitation
Joseph N. Pelton
, International Association for the
Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)
SPACE ENVIRONMENT
44 Surviving radiation for space colonisation
Excessive radiation is one of the greatest threats to
future humans living away from Earth
L. Joseph Parker
, MD, Arkansas, USA
48 Growing plants without gravity
Learning how to grow plants in space to develop
advanced life-support systems
Margarita A.Levinskikh
,
Vladimir N. Sychev
&
Igor G Podolskiy,
Laboratory of Biological Life
Support Systems, IBMP, Moscow, Russia
52 Recipe for success on flights to Mars
Food is not just fuel but also a conduit for culture,
comfort and camaraderie
Martha Lenio
, Mars Green Consulting, Ontario, Canada
Sophie Milam
, SVL Analytical Inc, Idaho, USA
Zak Wilson
, Chief Engineer, HISEAS Mission III
ASTRONAUTICS
56 India confirms commercial launch intent
Customers queue to have their spacecraft launched
on 104-satellite mission
Srinivas Laxman
, Space author & journalist,
Mumbai, India
60 Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
Changing our approach will herald a spaceflight revolution
David Ashford
, Managing Director, Bristol
Spaceplanes, United Kingdom
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