#64 Ian Christensen, Secure World Foundation: Space Sustainability

We are talking about space sustainability this week. I sat down with an expert in the topic, Ian Christensen from the Secure World Foundation. A lot of the conversation is about space debris, but we also talk about some other interesting topics. Check it out.

Opportunities to learn more about space business:

• Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy
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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:20 Intro to Ian and the Secure World Foundation

5:21 What is space sustainability?

7:08 Space debris

11:53 Different approaches to avoiding future debris

15:00 Space traffic management

18:05 International cooperation in Space

22:28 What can we do about anti-satellite tests?

25:12 Other aspects of debris

26:24 Keeping the wider space environment safe

29:55 Nuclear waste in space

33:22 Space "ESG"

38:20 How can investors help out SWF

40:41 SWF due diligence checklist

43:28 SWF summit for space sustainability - https://swfsummit.org/

44:47 Sci-Fi