In this inaugural space expert interview episode of the Space Security and Safety (SSS) video series, Dr. Ruth Stilwell, Executive Director of Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC, sits down with Collin Ma, a Senior at UT Austin studying Mechanical Engineering who also serves as the Director of Test Operations for the Texas Engineering Rocket Lab. In this episode, Dr. Stilwell and Collin discuss Dr. Stilwell’s career trajectory and background, space traffic management, orbital use taxes, the relationship between maritime law and space law, and how to craft space policy which promotes sustainability in the orbital domain. Watch the full episode here.
The Strauss Center for International Security and Law is proud to announce the permanent establishment of the Aerospace Policy Solutions, LLC Award in Space Policy, a new endowed scholarship made possible through the generous support of Aerospace Policy Solutions, LLC. The award will provide an annual $2,000 scholarship to an outstanding The University of Texas at Austin student pursuing space policy. The Aerospace Policy...
The University of Texas at Austin has received a $9.3 million seed grant from the Texas Space Commission to establish the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools, Applications, and Processing (TAP) Lab, becoming the first academic institution to work directly with the United States Space Force to detect, analyze, and counter space-based threats in near real time. Space Security, Safety, & Sustainability...
At the Strauss Center’s “Operational Assurance for All” 12th Annual Space Traffic Conference, Aarti Holla-Maini, head of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, highlighted growing difficulties in contacting satellite operators to coordinate maneuvers and prevent collisions as orbital traffic increases. The conference was recently highlighted in SpaceNews. Holla-Maini revealed that her office intervened twice in the past year...