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Star Trek Saturday: assorted links re: space debris in Sector 001?
Apropos of my research on space junk, I wondered how the debris problem is solved in the fictional world of Star Trek; below are some helpful links: Fandom: “Debris” [https://archive.ph/2GcC0] Quora: “In Star Trek, why are phasers not used against … Continue reading
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Lit review: survey of proposed solutions to the tragedy of the outer space commons
Thus far this week (see here , here, and here), I have surveyed the newly-published space polices of Department of Defense and the U.S. Space Force, as well as a third report from the RAND Corporation, all of which call … Continue reading
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Digression: RAND Report on Commercial Space Services
Previously (see here and here), I surveyed two new official public policy reports — one by the Department of Defense; the other by the Space Force — calling for U.S. military to procure some of the services and systems they … Continue reading
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Wikipedia Wednesday: Low Earth Orbit
According to Wikipedia (footnotes and links omitted), a low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of … Continue reading
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Low Earth orbit and the dog that did not bark
As I mentioned previously (see here and here), both the Department of Defense and the Space Force recently published new policies spelling out their current commercial outer space strategies. In summary, both of these jargon-laden reports identify a wide variety … Continue reading
Happy Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Day?!
Today, 22 April is Earth Day, an annual event (since 1970) commemorating our love of nature and the environment and our commitment to such public goods as clean air and clean water, but what about outer space, especially Low Earth … Continue reading
Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died
He was 82. See here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/philosopher-daniel-dennett-dead-at-82/ For me, Dennett’s most influential idea was his distinction between “skyhooks” and “cranes”: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/p241101
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Space Markets: Three New Developments
I mentioned in my previous post that Professor Justin Evans and I are currently researching and writing a new “space markets” paper, which is tentatively titled “Space Auctions and the Tragedy of the Outer Space Commons“. Our new paper builds … Continue reading
