scholarly journals Ζητήματα Βιοηθικής της Βιοαστροναυτικής

Bioethica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
George Profitiliotis (Γεώργιος Προφητηλιώτης)
Keyword(s):  
Space Research ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Space Industry ◽  
Bioethical Issues ◽  
New Space ◽  
Space Economy ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Example Space

The rise of emergent space initiatives -especially of private ones- has begun to push the boundaries of the space industry, thanks to technological innovations that will soon be able to significantly facilitate the development of previously neglected pioneering fields, such as, for example, space research and exploration, space resources utilization, and human access to space. The invigoration and the forthcoming growth of this new space economy in the aforementioned pioneering fields are expected to bring forward important bioethical issues. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the most important of these issues, after a review of a significant number of relevant publications in the international academic literature. In particular, this paper will present bioethical issues in the field of bioastronautics -especially in light of future missions to Mars- that refer to both life on Earth, i.e. microorganisms, plants, animals and humans, and to potential extraterrestrial life. Given the accelerating rate of developments, the best time to discuss these issues, in order to inform policymaking, is now.

scholarly journals Space Computation Sciences Leveraging Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Analytics to Power Innovation: A Review Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-90
Author(s):  
Takudzwa Fadziso
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Space Industry ◽  
New Space ◽  
Advanced Analytics ◽  
Cloud Technologies ◽  
Modern Technologies

In order to realize the goal of exploring and discovering new worlds, technological innovations are important. The space industry has been growing since the first space ship landed on the moon in the Apollo 11 mission. Huge leaps in space technology experienced since then combined with modern technologies such Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Cloud technology can help space explorers to go further in space and explore territories not reached before, and potentially uncover new space phenomena. The objective of this research is to explore how space computation sciences can leverage Artificial Intelligence, Cloud technologies, and Advanced Data Analysis to power innovations.

The Evolution of Ground Stations in the New Space Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Griffin Cleverly ◽  
Angela Murray ◽  
Bridgit Mendler
Keyword(s):  
Space Industry ◽  
New Space

scholarly journals The Role of Incubators in the European New Space Economy

New Space ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Marc Abi-Fadel ◽  
Walter A.R. Peeters
Keyword(s):  
New Space ◽  
Space Economy

scholarly journals "IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT, YOU CAN'T BE IT" -OUTREACH CHALLENGES IN PREPARING THE YOUNG GENERATION FOR A CAREER IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Rodríguez ◽  
Remco Timermmans ◽  
Emma Holling ◽  
Oniosun Temidayo Isaiah
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Young Audiences ◽  
National Space ◽  
Space Industry ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Diverse World ◽  
New Space ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

This paper is the result of an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary study on the outreach challenges of preparing students between the ages of 15 and 25 years for a career in the space industry. This qualitative study aimed to find and compile the best outreach practices and recommendations for engaging young people in an increasingly diverse world. Traditionally, space outreach has been biased and limited to a small number of careers in leading nations in the space industry. With the industry undergoing huge changes, new space actors are emerging even in nations that lack a national space program. Thus a new challenge for outreach professionals is to paint a realistic and updated picture of the paths towards a career in space in this new industry for their young audience. Not only have opportunities for space outreach grown in new geographies, with their own cultural and lingual characteristics, but also in traditional space nations, which are driving towards a more inclusive and diverse communication to their audiences.This paper is built around a literature study into outreach for diversity in the space industry, plus a survey among space outreach practitioners around the world. The analysis of this survey, in the context of literature findings, leads to new insights into outreach practices for new space audiences, the challenges involved in engaging these new audiences, and in providing them with an objective perspective of career opportunities in the local and international space sector. The analysis includes topics like the diversity of role models and the advantages of using varied channels to reach young audiences. The paper concludes with a set of practical recommendations for space outreach professionals and researchers.

scholarly journals Governing the New Space Economy

2016 ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Pelton
Keyword(s):  
New Space ◽  
Space Economy

scholarly journals Estimating survival probability using the terrestrial extinction history for the search for extraterrestrial life

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohji Tsumura
Keyword(s):  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Survival Probability ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Random Multiplicative Process ◽  
Log Normal ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Fitted Function

Several exoplanets have been discovered to date, and the next step is the search for extraterrestrial life. However, it is difficult to estimate the number of life-bearing exoplanets because our only template is based on life on Earth. In this paper, a new approach is introduced to estimate the probability that life on Earth has survived from birth to the present based on its terrestrial extinction history. A histogram of the extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic Eon is modeled effectively with a log-normal function, supporting the idea that terrestrial extinction is a random multiplicative process. Assuming that the fitted function is a probability density function of extinction intensity per unit time, the estimated survival probability of life on Earth is ~0.15 from the beginning of life to the present. This value can be a constraint on fi in the Drake equation, which contributes to estimating the number of life-bearing exoplanets.

scholarly journals The search for microbial Martian life and American Buddhist ethics

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Capper
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Space Research ◽  
Buddhist Ethics ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
Life On Mars

AbstractMultiple searches hunt for extraterrestrial life, yet the ethics of such searches in terms of fossil and possible extant life on Mars have not been sufficiently delineated. In response, in this essay, I propose a tripartite ethic for searches for microbial Martian life that consists of default non-harm towards potential living beings, default non-harm to the habitats of potential living beings, but also responsible, restrained scientific harvesting of some microbes in limited transgression of these default non-harm modes. Although this multifaceted ethic remains secular and hence adaptable to space research settings, it arises from both a qualitative analysis of authoritative Buddhist scriptural ethics as well as the quantified ethnographic survey voices of contemporary American Buddhists. The resulting tripartite ethic, while developed for Mars, contains ramifications for the study of microbes on Earth and further retains application to other research locations in our Solar system.

Introduction

1968 ◽  
Vol 171 (1022) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Keyword(s):  
Common Origin ◽  
Space Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Two Systems

This Symposium originated from discussions in the sub-committee on ‘Biological experiments’ of the National Committee on Space Research. It is designed to clarify thinking about some aspects of the search for extraterrestrial life. Ideas about extraterrestrial life take two main forms. One form assumes that the basic principles of life are universal, either because life everywhere has a common origin, or because life is possible in association with only one group of molecules. The other considers life in more general terms and imagines life-like processes associated with a completely different type of chemistry. I have suggested that the types of organism postulated in these two systems might be called chthonobionts and xenobionts.

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