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Len Fisk President of COSPAR international cooperation in space IN AN ERA OF INCREASED MILITARIZATION Len Fisk President of COSPAR Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

The committee on space research - cospar COSPAR is the oldest and largest international society devoted to encouraging and facilitating international cooperation in space research. Our Members are the national scientific institutes of 45 nations. For the U.S., the National Academy of Sciences is the Member, and the Academy membership is overseen by the Space Studies Board. Approximately 10,000 scientists from around the world participate in our activities. The committee on space research - cospar Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

The CURRENT state of international cooperation in space International cooperation in space is doing at least as well if not better than international cooperation on the ground. The Americans and the Russians, despite growing tensions, maintain an extraordinarily successful cooperation operating the ISS. The Chinese and the Americans have difficulty cooperating in space, even in space science, but this is an anomaly, due to Congressional legislation. The American space science program has always had as a guiding principle, international cooperation. Indeed, throughout the world, space science missions are pursued through international cooperation. The CURRENT state of international cooperation in space Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

One of the principles to which COSPAR adheres is that we pursue our mission of encouraging and facilitating international cooperation in space research without regard to geopolitical tensions and impediments. And for the most part we do this without difficulty. Space does not belong to any one nation, and so long as that is an accepted concept, we should be able to insist that geopolitical tensions not interfere with the exploration and utilization of space. The question is: will this continue to be the case, and what can we do to encourage the peaceful use of outer space for all? International cooperation without regard to geopolitical tensions and impediments. Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

The increasing dependence of our technical civilization on satellites. With each passing year, our technological civilization becomes increasingly dependent on satellites in orbit. Whether it is for communications; for direct broadcast; for reliable weather forecasts; for the location services from GPS satellites, or for that matter for the military capabilities of nations. Our satellites in space are essential components of the infrastructure of our civilization. The primal threats to our civilization – global climate change caused by anthropogenic emissions, and space weather resulting from our variable sun – can only be understood through the use of satellite observations. The increasing dependence of our technical civilization on satellites. Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

The dark side of our complete dependence on satellites If there was ever a major conflict, or even a threat of a conflict between nations that depend for their survival, or for their capability to wage war, on their satellites in orbit, then these satellites would be the first to be attacked. Thus, as more nations have access to and capabilities in space, there is a militarization of space underway, in which it is reasonable to assume that these same nations are developing the capability to defend their space assets or, if need be, to retaliate. The dark side of our complete dependence on satellites Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

Space is a lawless frontier The only real treaty is the UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which recognizes and protects the common interest of humankind in exploring and using space for peaceful purposes. With regard to the militarization of space, the Outer Space Treaty prohibits the establishment of military bases and fortifications on planetary bodies. It prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons, or other weapons of mass destruction in space. However, it does not prohibit conventional weapons, such as kinetic weapons or lasers that can destroy satellites. The space policy of the United States, over several Administrations, appears to be based on the principle that the U.S. is entitled to do whatever it wants in space, particularly if it is judged to be in defense of the nation. Space is a lawless frontier Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

Avoiding conflict and confrontation in space The best way to avoid conflict and confrontation in space is to have policies and practices in place, which are shared by all spacefaring nations, that will allow and encourage each and every nation that desires, and has the capability, to use and to explore space for peaceful purposes. Then, all nations will have a vested interest in maintaining space as a peaceful domain. If we cooperate rather than compete, nations have a shared common interest. If we return to the Moon, or inhabit Cis-Lunar space, we should at least do so with coordination and not create a contested domain. If we go to Mars, it should be on behalf of all humankind. Avoiding conflict and confrontation in space Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

Virtually every nation now has as space agency, some obviously very small. To be a true space agency you need to be able to do something in space, rather than simply having a tracking station, sharing in data, buying communication and remote sensing satellites. In the past that has been difficult, but today with the spread of small satellite technology, virtually every space agency in the world can build a small satellite, or be guided in doing so. And provided that their small satellite can be launched into space, the nation with the developing space agency becomes a spacefaring nation, and is proud to do so. Spreading the benefits of the use and exploration of space to all nations Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

An ideal way to spread small satellite technology throughout the world, and to give developing space programs a proper role in the use and exploration of space, would be to have an international mission that requires a constellation of small satellites, which are to be provided by both developed and developing space programs. An example of such a mission would be a constellation of small satellites offered by many nations to improve space weather forecasting through multi-point measurements of the ionosphere. An international mission that would add to the nations of the world that have a vested interest in space remaining a domain without conflicts. Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019

We need to recognize, encourage, and enable that space be considered a global commons. A ‘commons’ in the English language is a piece of land owned by and used by all members of a community, as in a pasture used by all residents of a village. Many nations of the world view space as a global commons, a resource not owned by any one nation but crucial to the future of all humankind. And every nation, which is able and dedicated to the exploration of space, the conduct of science research in and from space, and the use of space, all for peaceful purposes, should be encouraged and enabled to do so. WE NEED TO CLAIM SPACE AS A GLOBAL COMMONS, WHERE COOPERATION IS EXCOURAGED, COMPETITION IS DISCOURAGED, AND CONFLICTS ARE FORBIDDEN. Space Studies Board Space Science Week, 26 March 2019