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Greetings from the Space and Sustainability Initiative at CU Boulder! This newsletter will be the first in a series of quarterly publications aimed at keeping you updated on the workings of SSI and sharing notable space sustainability news both local, national, and international.

In my last blog I detailed my experience at the Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space Conference, the errors made, the lessons learned, and what I wanted to improve upon at my next summit. Well last month, I got my change. SSI’s PI Zack Donohew and I had the good...

During this past year’s World Space Week, the Space & Sustainability Initiative (SSI) fully embraced the 2021 theme of ‘Women in Space’ by hosting events both in-person and online celebrating women in the aerospace industry. As a fairly new initiative, SSI had yet to convene its larger community in any...

This past fall, RAs Molly MacEachen and Andrew Swackhamer represented the Space & Sustainability Initiative (SSI) as panelists for the Plenary Session, “Social Responsibility in Space: How the Next Generation is Leading the Charge” at the 2021 International Astronautical Congress (IAC ) in Dubai. To make this happen, both were...

This past fall, I had the fortune to attend the Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space Conference (PULS) in Prague, hosted by HiLASE and the Breakthrough Initiative . The conference aimed to discuss the technical and policy challenges to, well, the peaceful use of lasers in space. Spanning two days,...

Students, faculty, staff recall a tireless mentor who was a global authority on sustainability.

Program to focus on entrepreneurship and norms of behavior shaping the $1.1 trillion commercial space market BOULDER, Colo. (Jan. 25, 2021) — The University of Colorado Boulder and the Secure World Foundation today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the Space and Sustainability Initiative (SSI). As...

Space & Sustainability Initiative Advisory Board Member Dr. Stefanie Johnson was honored by NASA with the prestigious 2020 Agency Honors Group Achievement Award for her work on reducing gender bias in their Hubble Space Telescope program. Read the full article >>

In his September 2020 President’s Newsletter, President Mark Kennedy reflected on the breadth of space-oriented activities at the University of Colorado, noting CU’s ability to be a leader in space. Read the full article >>

Originally used to introduce a panel session for the Secure World Foundation Summit for Space Sustainability, this video features our team encouraging viewers to begin thinking about the incentives that might push the needle for sustainability in space.