Space Renaissance Update on the SRI Webconference on Space Safety, December 13th 2020
SRI Webconference on SPACE SAFETY, December 13th 2020
In the frame of 2021 Space Renaissance Congress "CIVILIAN SPACE DEVEMOPMENT"
The panel is now complete:
- TOMMASO SGOBBA – Executive Director at IAASS (International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, The Netherland), space safety
- JONATHAN TATE – President of SpaceGuard UK, monitoring and defence from dangerous asteroids
- RINO RUSSO – Italian Institute for the Future, Vice-president; Center for Near Space, Director General, safe re-enter in atmosphere
- LUIGINA FERETTI – Scientist, INAF Bologna (Italy), human life protection from cosmic radiations
- STEFANO ANTONETTI - D-ORBIT Marketing Manager, space debris avoidance and recovery
In our discussion, towards the 2021 Space Renaissance Congress (June 2021), we understood that the feasibility of the Civilian Space Development is mainly tied to Space Safety:
- protecting human life and health in space:
- space vehicles endowed with low acceleration and safe reenter in the atmosphere
- protection against cosmic radiations
- artificial gravity in the space habitats
- green environment in the space habitats
- defence from asteroids
- space debris recovering and reuse:
- the urgent need to recover the Earth orbit for a safe human navigation and residence
- the space debris as the primary insitu resources for the development of space infrastructure
- space wheather
- space traffic
(also see the 2021 Congress Call for Papers )
Of course we don't claim to deal, in two hours, a complete and exhaustive discussion on the above list of topics, each of which would require a dedicated conference. We will try to:
- develop our understanding of the political climate about space safety in the agencies and governments of the main spacefaring countries
- see what could be done by a wider international collaboration
- see if we could undertake a dialogue with UNOOSA, with the goal to push for more initiatives for the sake of human space travel safety
Our main questions will be:
1. The raise of commercial space activities, in Earth orbit, on the Moon and Cislunar space region, will require more people to travel outside planet Earth: such a growing space citizenship will be more and more composed by untrained civilians. They cannot bear strong accelerations, hard re-entry conditions. Most of all, long residence in space will require artificial gravity and protection against cosmic radiations.
· Are such arguments considered with due priority by space agencies?
· We saw the Space X Dragon capsule design is more ergonomic wrt the Sojuz, Space Shuttle, and even the Boeing new Starliner capsule, to be more confortable for astronauts and for incoming space tourists.
· The new space suits are far more better and more comfortable than the old EVA suits.
· Will these guidelines, promoted by the new space leader Elon Musk, be an accepted and followed tendency for future space vehicles?
2. What is the state of the art, and the most efficient technologies, for cosmic radiations protection?
3. Is any project on artificial gravity experimentation being developed in the world? What is the main space agencies understanding of the urgency of this activity?
4. What is the state of the art of defence against asteroids potentially impacting Earth?
· Is there a sufficient understanding of the relevance of this issue, by the space agencies and governments?
· Is there a sufficient understanding of the big synergy between the defence from asteroids and the opportunity to mine their resources for the construction of space infrastructures?
· Should a killer asteroids rooted to Earth, would we be able to eliminate the risk? By which tools and methodologies?
· What is the most urgent defence infrastructure to be constructued and put in place? Only on Earth surface, or in space too?
· Do we need an orbiting manned SpaceGuard?
5. What is the state of the art of the space debris and wreckages recovery and possible reuse?
· which are the most advanced programs on this subject?
· Is this theme receiving the proper priority by the main space agencies?
· Are international institutions (UNOOSA and others) issueing directives to governments, in order to make laws on responsibility to avoid making new debris (by de-orbiting devices or proper techniques-methodologies to make the satellites reentering the atmosphere atthe end of their operative life?
· It is urgent to extend at least one of the main concepts of the international waters law to outer space: the right of property of any recovered wreckage in space. Is a proper action to evolve the space law in this virtuous direction undergoing?
Hereafter a list of risks of living in low gravity & radiations environment (Source: Billica, 2000):
- Musculoskeletal System
- Loss of bone mineral density
- Loss of skeletal muscle
- Cardiovascular System
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Loss of hydrostatic pressure
- Pulmonary System
- Changes in pulmonary circulation and gas exchange
- Alimentary System
- Ileus
- Decrease in absorption or malabsorption
- Nervous System
- Ataxia
- Motion sickness
- Disturbed fine motor and gross motor functions
- Altered sleep-circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation
- Reproductive System
- Effects of radiation on gametes
- Urinary System
- Renal calculi
- Hematological and Immunological Systems
- Anemia
- Potential immunologic depression
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Ad Astra,
Adriano
Adriano V. Autino
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