The World Space Week Association is organising the second in a series of webinars to celebrate the theme of the upcoming World Space Week 2022. 2022’s World Space Week theme is “Space and Sustainability”.
The creation of economically self-sustaining space sectors has become the focus of many countries, ensuring that space activities are part of a wider ecosystem of domestically driven and retained socio-economic development. However, the financial cost of space operations can be a great hindrance to the growth of the space economy. When additional sustainability constraints are added to the spacecrafts’ design and operation, the challenge is even higher than space actors face.
As a result, some of the questions that panellists of the online event will discuss include what the concept of a sustainable space economy entails; how sustainable economies can contribute to protecting the space environment; and what actions the global space community should take to ensure a sustainable space economy to thrive.
The Webinar will hold tomorrow, 6 September 2022, at 15:00 CEST (14:00 WAT). Interested persons can register for the event here. Admission is free.
World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week would hold each year from October 4-10. These dates commemorate two events:
- October 4, 1957. The launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space exploration
- October 10, 1967. The signing of the Outer Space Treaty
The World Space Week’s goals include:
- Providing unique leverage in space outreach and education;
- Educating people around the world about the benefits that they receive from space;
- Encouraging greater use of space for sustainable economic development;
- Demonstrating public support for space programmes;
- Exciting young people about science, technology, engineering, and math;
- Fostering international cooperation in space outreach and education
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