Space Missions Are Getting More Complex 鈭 Lessons From Amazon and FedEx Can Inform Satellite and Spacecraft Management in Orbit
The Conversation
Mariel Borowitz (Public Policy)
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Mariel Borowitz
Associate Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Head of the program on International Affairs, Science, and Technology
Mariel Borowitz鈥檚 research deals with international space policy issues, focusing particularly on聽global developments related to聽remote sensing聽satellites聽and challenges to space security and sustainability.
Mariel Borowitz鈥檚 research deals with international space policy issues, focusing particularly on global developments related to remote sensing satellites and challenges to space security and sustainability. Her book, Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data, published by MIT Press, examines trends in the development of data sharing policies governing Earth observing satellites, as well as interactions with the growing commercial remote sensing sector. Her work has been published in Science, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Space Policy, Astropolitics, and New Space, and her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA.
News and Recent Appearances
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Scrubbed launch ratchets up pressure on NASA鈥檚 moon mission
Politico
鈥淣ASA has been trying to get humans to the moon for quite a long time,鈥 said Mariel Borowitz, a former policy analyst at NASA鈥檚 Science Mission Directorate who now teaches at the 色花堂 Technology. 鈥淭he U.S. has set that goal and then changed that goal multiple times in the past couple of decades. This is really the closest that NASA has ever gotten, the most progress they鈥檝e made since the 1960s, of actually being able to return humans to the moon.
War in Ukraine highlights the growing strategic importance of private satellite companies 鈥 especially in times of conflict
The Conversation
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in public reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as evidence of Ukraine鈥檚 progress in the war.
Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024
NPR
MARIEL BOROWITZ: In some ways, it's less dramatic than it sounds, you know? They're saying they're going to leave, but they're going to leave in 2024. And they're going to go through this process working with partners. So it's not an immediate, abrupt departure.
Space Policy Edition: How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, With Mariel Borowitz
Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, spoke on The Planetary Society's podcast, Planetary Radio, to discuss the space policy implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An excerpt:
"I think if you look at the situation today, we don't have that same demand to try and engage with Russia [on collaboration in space]... I think it's just becoming less and less tenable to have this kind of close cooperation."
Global Challenges and Opportunities: Space and Foreign Policy with Mariel Borowitz
The Fifth Industrial Revolution VODCAST: Episode 8 w/ Dr. Mariel Borowitz | Space Policy, Satellites
Mariel Borowitz, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs was featured on, 'The Fifth Industrial Revolution VODCAST: Episode 8 w/ Dr. Mariel Borowitz | Space Policy, Satellites' posted on Oct. 13, 2021, on YouTube.
An excerpt:
In this episode of the Fifth Industrial Revolution Vodcast we speak with 色花堂 associate professor, respected researcher and MIT graduate Dr. Mariel Borowitz on her area of expertise: Space Policy. We cover a wide range of topics in this episode touching on anything from privacy
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Borowitz鈥檚 Book Published by MIT Press
Borowitz Publishes Article on Importance of Private Satellite Companies During Times of Conflict