...the who's who,
and the what's what 
of the space industry

Space Careers

news Space News

Search News Archive

Title

Article text

Keyword

  • Home
  • News
  • Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental

Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental

Written by  Monday, 14 October 2024 11:02
Write a comment
Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental Image: Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental

The problem of space debris is one that all space-faring nations must face together. Today, New Zealand and Mexico were the first countries from outside Europe to sign the Zero Debris Charter, underlining the global nature of ensuring safety and sustainability in space.

“The Zero Debris Charter signals Europe’s unwavering commitment to be a world leader in reducing and remediating space debris, fostering collective action by a large community of space actors around the world,” says Dr. Salvador Landeros Ayala, General Director at the Mexican Space Agency.

“Mexico has not yet adopted a national regulatory framework on space debris mitigation. However, Mexico has always expressed to the relevant high-level bodies its work to develop mechanisms that will materialize the sustainability of our future activities in outer space.”

Since its publication in November 2023, the Zero Debris Charter has quickly gathered around it a large, growing community of international actors committed to a sustainable future in space.

The momentum now continues with an additional 23 entities also signing the Charter at the 2024 International Astronautical Congress. This brings the total number of signatories to fifteen countries and over a hundred companies, research centres and international organisations, with many more having stated their intent to follow suit.

The Zero Debris Charter represents a collaborative effort within the global space community, serving as a foundational document and the start of an initiative. The community-driven charter covers overarching guiding principles and jointly defined targets to get to Zero Debris by 2030.

Signing the Charter is just the start. The goals and guiding principles of the Zero Debris Charter are currently translated into actionable and measurable technical targets through crowdsourcing within the community. New technologies will be developed that are necessary to achieve these realistic-yet-ambitious targets. Learn more about Supporting the Zero Debris Charter.

In the photo from left to right: Salvador Landeros, General Director of the Mexican Space Agency and Iain Cossar, Head of the New Zealand Space Agency, with behind them Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General and Luca Parmitano, ESA astronaut.


Read more from original source...

You must login to post a comment.
Loading comment... The comment will be refreshed after 00:00.

Be the first to comment.

Interested in Space?

Hit the buttons below to follow us...