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Jah Quoted in Article About Data-Pipeline Problem in Space
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability program, was recently quoted in an article about the Starling Mission by NASA and SpaceX to test strategies for preventing anonymous satellites from crashing into each other. “Most people don’t…
Jah Addresses Concerns About Space Pollution
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program, was recently interviewed by the podcast The Take. The episode noted that in November, Russia joined the small club of nations that have conducted anti-satellite missile tests, creating a huge cloud…
Jah Named MLK Visiting Professor at MIT
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program, has been named an MLK Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This program honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by increasing the…
Jah Publishes Paper on Space Environmentalism
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program, was a contributor to an academic paper titled “The case for space environmentalism” that was published at Nature Astronomy. The paper began by describing the increase of man-made…
SSSS Lead Explains Space Junk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT and Director of the Strauss Center’s Space Security and Safety Program (SSSS), was recently interviewed by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice on their podcast, Startalk. Dr. Tyson began the conversation by asking Dr. Jah about the dead rocket expected to crash into the…
Dr. Jah Discusses Public Launch of Privateer
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the Director of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program, recently discussed with CNN the public launch of Privateer, where he serves as Chief Scientist. With Steve Wozniak serving as President and Alex Fielding as CEO, Privateer’s mission is to…
SSSS Opinion: Space Sustainability Is Not Passive
This op-ed is published in a joint endeavor between the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) program, SpaceWatch and TXSLAPS. On November 14th of last year, Russia deliberately destroyed one of its satellites as a test of a new anti-satellite weapon (ASAT). According to a US State Department press briefing, “this test has so far generated over fifteen hundred pieces…
Dr. Jah Co-authors a New Op-ed on Russian ASAT Test
In a recent op-ed published by SpaceWatch.Global, Dr. Moriba Jah and his coauthor Colonel Scott Brodeur discuss Russia recent debris-creating test of an Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. Dr. Jah is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the Lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program. Dr. Jah and Colonel Brodeur first…
Professor Jah Discusses Space Environmentalism, Debris, and His Work at Payload
Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the Director of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program, was recently interviewed by Payload on space environmentalism, debris, and his role at Privateer, a newly formed company that aims to be the “Waze for space.” Dr. Jah began by indicating that…
First Episode of Shifted Space Released Featuring Dr. Moriba Jah
The first episode of a new series—Shifted Space—featuring Dr. Moriba Jah was recently released. Dr. Jah is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin and the Lead of the Strauss Center’s Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability Program. In this new series, produced by the Texas Immersive Institute at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communications, Dr. Jah travels…
