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it's the logo of a company on the side of the spacecraft that lands on Mars with humans, or if it's a flag that represents humans and not money.
Space exploration has clear scientific and cultural benefits but we also acknowledge that it is enormously resource-intensive which makes it very attractive to private individuals and companies. All space exploration should only be done when necessary, especially if private companies are involved, and has to serve the public interest. Space is not a playground for billionaires.
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mainstream, the space industry still has a lot of catching up within this area. But last year SpaceX made a breakthrough was made, when they launched the first astronauts were launched on a reused rocket.
“Both NASA and SpaceX“NASA contend that reusable spacecraft are crucial for making the space industry more affordable. The concept is not new; for years, the space
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international partners to establish a requirement for rockets to be reusable and completely recyclable by 2035as soon as possible.
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But notNot all asteroids are created equal. By extracting the minerals found in extraterrestrial celestial bodies, we can completely eliminate the need to have
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is not something that will happen today, tomorrow or next year, but the technology is evolving and with more money, production could start ~around 2040. To be able to go through a fair transition, we will need batteries, and
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thatthat while we firstly prioritise the sustainable extraction and recycling of resources on Earth, and the reduction of resource use (e.g. the right to repair, the fight against negligent or avoidable obsolescence, sustainable product design), the European Space Agency (ESA) conducts research on asteroid mining, while always taking into consideration its environmental and economic impact, and only pushing for it once it becomes a viable and sustainable alternative in the future.
that the European Space Agency (ESA) develops a strategy for environmentally friendly and carbon neutral (within the atmosphere) space transport.
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thatthat the European Space Agency (ESA) continues its work with international partners for a successor to the International Space Station (ISS).
Environmentally friendly space transport
Further to our calls on 'Reusable rockets', zooming through space isn't at all sustainable. As research into space continues, it is inevitable that the flow of 'traffic' from Earth to our stations in space and of our spacecraft within space will increase significantly. The amount of fuel necessary to transport resources and our astronauts from our stations on Earth to our stations in space and possibly vice versa is insurmountable, notwithstanding the amount of minerals and resources necessary to build the rockets and other spacecraft already iterated above.
Even if we manage to develop reusable spacecraft, we must acknowledge the astronomical amount of energy they will consume and the environmental impact of that. Therefore we propose:
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These are everything from dust to pens and broken satellites that are as big as buses. Which usually moves at about 27,000 km/h. In the worst case, it could be that in the future we will not be able to postpone things into space because there is too much rubbish in the way - the so-called KepplerKessler syndrome. Already today you need to plan launches for clusters of space debris. In order to reduce the amount of defunct and functional satellites and, therefore, reduce the current and future space pollution, we must make all scientific data collected from these satellites open-source. That is why we propose:
Corporations should be accountable for the space pollution they are making, as well be accountable for the destruction of space discovery potential, especially with global systems like Starlink. Therefore, we demand that every global scale project is implemented in collaboration with scientists not to reduce the scientific potential in space discovery.
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- that while we firstly prioritise the sustainable extraction and recycling of resources on Earth, and the reduction of resource use (e.g. the right to repair, the fight against negligent or avoidable obsolescence, sustainable product design), the European Space Agency (ESA) conducts research on asteroid mining, while always taking into consideration its environmental and economic impact, and only pushing for it once it becomes a viable and sustainable alternative in the future.