Skip to Main Content

The greater the value of space, the greater the risks.

The rise of the space economy is accelerating the business, operational and human risks.

Are we prepared to handle them?

Reducing the Risks of Space will explore policy, law, technology and operations in development now to manage the challenging space environment of the future. MORE

 

Reducing the Risks of Space is underwritten by the Space Shuttle Children’s Trust Fund

Reducing the Risks of Space NOW

The Orbiter


Keeping Open the Road to Space

Podcast

Every Monday during the Reducing the Risks of Space campaign, you’ll get to listen to a new podcast featuring experts on a wide variety of topics as we explore the business, operational and human risks of the growing space economy, what is being done to mitigate them and what more can be done in the future.

Safe Space, Episode 6: Lost in Space

In the sixth and final episode of the Safe Space podcast series, SSPI Engagement Director Tamara Bond-Williams pays tribute to the men and women who have lost their lives in the history of human space exploration. The podcast is also available as a video:

This podcast series is sponsored by

Videos

The Better Satellite World campaign shows the world why our industry, though often invisible, is indispensable to modern life, through powerful stories and videos that depict space and satellite technologies contributing to the economy, society and sustainability of planet Earth. You can see footage of the dangers and intricacies of space debris provided by NASA and ESA below. Some of our Better Satellite World videos also focus on the challenges and risks of space travel, and SSPI will be releasing two new videos on the topic during this campaign!

About the Reducing the Risks of Space Campaign

Not so many years ago, launch and deployment were the biggest risks of putting technology or people into space. Today, space is growing crowded with multiple orbits, massive growth in the number of satellites, and new business ventures from private space stations and fuel depots to in-orbit servicing and operations. They join orbital planes already home to 23,000 pieces of debris larger than a softball, moving at speeds of up to 17,500 mph.

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.

Reducing the Risks of Space will explore policy, law, technology and operations in development now to manage the challenging space environment of the future. It will ask if enough is being done and, if not, how we can motivate greater urgency in finding solutions. The campaign will also look 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.