Towards a new RoadMap for Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability in Space Exploration
Convener:
Michel Blanc
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Co-conveners:
André Galli,
Heather Smith,
Maria Antonietta Perino,
Bernard Foing
In this context, the Committee on SPAce Research (COSPAR) of the International Science Council (ISC) is actively preparing for its 46th Scientific Assembly in Florence a new edition of its RoadMap for Exploration, building on the strong legacy of the previous RoadMap “Toward a global space exploration program: A stepping stone approach”, by Ehrenfreund et al., published in 2012. The COSPAR Panel on Exploration (PEX) invites EGU26 participants to take advantage of this session to discuss the objectives and implementation means of the establishment at the international level of a “Virtuous Circle of Solar System Exploration”, which should connect Science, Exploration and Environmental Stewardship to build a sustainable future for space exploration.
We propose four goals for discussion of this new Exploration Roadmap:
1. Position space research at the forefront of the new multi-stakeholder era of space exploration;
2. Maximize the scientific return of space exploration programs via enhanced international cooperation;
3. Promote environmental stewardship of celestial bodies to preserve their environments, resources and cultural heritage;
4. Identify and promote new approaches to space exploration that will guarantee its sustainability.
We will discuss these goals with a panel of experts representing the different components of space exploration stakeholders. One of the objectives of the panel discussion will be to identify specific European views on and contributions to the design of a robust, sustainable and environment-friendly development of space exploration over the two coming decades.
Session assets
A- Setting the scene:
10:45–10:50
Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President): Motivations and objectives of the new COSPAR Exploration Roadmap
10:50–10:55
Hélène Boithias (COSPAR CIR & Airbus): Towards a sustainable exploration - the need for regulations
10:55–11:00
Maria Antonietta Perino (Thales Alenia Space & Horizon 2061 Association): current perspectives of international cooperation in Space Exploration: a Horizon 2061 perspective
11:00–11:05
Michel Blanc (COSPAR PEX Chair): Current status of the definition of the new COSPAR Exploration Roadmap
11:05–11:30
Q/A with audience
B- Building a European perspective:
11:30–11:35
Gerhard Kminek, ESA: Perspective on solar system exploration: ESA Explore2040 and COSPAR Sub-Commission on Terrestrial Planets
11:35–11:40
Joern Helbert, ESA: ESA perspective on solar system exploration: the view of the Science Directorate
11:40–11:45
Johannes Schmied-Wiren, Nord University Business School: a European Arctic perspective on collaboration from the High North Center for Business and Governance
11:45–12:10
Q/A with audience
12:10–12:15
Tentative conclusions and next steps (Michel Blanc, Pascale Ehrenfreund)
Speakers
- Pascale Ehrenfreund, George Washington University, United States of America
- Hélène Boithias, Airbus Defence & Space, France
- Maria Antonietta Perino
- Michel Blanc, University of Toulouse, France
- Gerhard Kminek, ESA, Netherlands
- Joern Helbert
- Johannes Schmied-Wirén, Nord University, Norway