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Show Daily Official Show Daily of the 70Th International Astronautical Congress Oct. 22, 2019 DAY 2 SHOW DAILY OFFICIAL SHOW DAILY OF THE 70TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS Space chiefs endorse continued cooperation in lunar exploration eaders of several national space agencies more when we work together,” he said during a executive director for piloted spaceflight at Ros- endorsed continued cooperation in space session that included representatives from Can- cosmos. “International cooperation is important.” Lexploration, including missions to the moon, ada, Europe, India, Japan and Russia. Krikalev said at a later news conference that and said that effort should not come into conflict The European Space Agency is likely the next Russia’s contribution to the Gateway will proba- with separate work to address climate change. agency to make a decision on cooperation, at its bly involve some kind of transportation system, Speaking at a panel of agency leaders during next ministerial meeting in Spain in late Novem- such as the crewed spacecraft Roscosmos has the 70th International Astronautical Congress here ber. Those decisions, ESA Director General Jan been developing for several years, providing an Oct. 21, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Woerner said, will include producing additional alternative to NASA’s Orion to get crews to the he expected more countries to join the agency’s service modules for the Orion spacecraft and Gateway. “We think the redundant transportation return to the moon after commitments made providing modules for the lunar Gateway. system and one of the modules for Gateway earlier this year by Canada and last week by Japan. Russia is also weighing its role in NASA’s lunar “We need international partners. We can all do programs, including the lunar Gateway. “We are The heads of several of the world’s leading space planning to participate in the Gateway, but we don’t agencies shared the stage Oct. 21 at the IAC. JEFF FOUST have a final decision how,” said Sergey Krikalev, CRAIG VANDER GALIEN FOR SPACENEWS DAY 2 | SPACENEWS SHOW DAILY | 1 001-007_IAC ShowDaily-DAY TWO 2019.indd 1 10/21/19 5:54 PM CRAIG VANDER GALIEN FOR SPACENEWS 001-007_IAC ShowDaily-DAY TWO 2019.indd 2 10/21/19 6:09 PM DAY 2 SHOW DAILY Pence calls on “freedom-loving” nations to join U.S. in exploring space ice President Mike Pence the final frontier,” he said. told an international audi- He cited as examples of that inter- Vence that the United States est by several nations in cooperation intends to lead in space but seeks on the NASA-led Artemis program, cooperation in space exploration including Australia and Canada. Last with “freedom-loving” nations. week, the Japanese government Pence, speaking at the opening announced its intent to work with ceremony of the 70th International the U.S. on both the lunar Gateway Astronautical Congress here Oct. 21, and lunar landing missions. made no new announcements about Pence repeated the theme of national space policy or international working with “freedom-loving” cooperation in his remarks, instead countries and a favorable reg- reiterating the Trump administra- ulatory environment. “As more tion’s theme of renewed American nations gain the ability to explore leadership in space. space and develop places beyond “Under President Donald Trump’s Earth’s atmosphere, we much also leadership, America is leading in ensure that we carry into space our space once again,” Pence said, a shared commitment to freedom, theme he returned to several times rule of law and private property,” in a speech that lasted under 20 he said. “We will use all legal and minutes. “He believes, as I do, that’s diplomatic means to create a stable it’s America’s destiny to be the leader and orderly space environment amongst nations in our adventure that drives opportunity, creates U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told the audience at the International Astro- into the great unknown.” prosperity and ensures our secu- nautical Congress that the U.S. wants to lead in space, but seeks to work with Pence, though, said that the United rity on Earth.” like-minded nation. States was willing to cooperate with Pence’s American-centric com- other nations in space exploration. ments got a lukewarm reaction at stronger reaction when he congrat- family members representing Mike “The United States of America will times from a diverse international ulated the crew of Apollo 11, who Collins and the late Neil Armstrong. always be willing to work closely audience. A handful of people also received the International Astro- “It’s an honor to be with all of you, with like-minded freedom-loving walked out at the beginning of his nautical Federation’s World Space and to remember the extraordinary nations as we lead mankind into speech, protesting his views on Award on the 50th anniversary of contributions that you, Buzz, and your social issues. this historic mission. Buzz Aldrin family members made to mankind JEFF FOUST Pence, though, got a much attended the ceremony, along with 50 years ago,” Pence said. SN would be our participation in the program.” That IGA could be extended in some way, such as might explain why government should fund space Bridenstine and others, though, didn’t spec- through memoranda of understanding among exploration to young climate change activists like ify when those general commitments would be the partners, to encompass lunar missions. Greta Thunberg. turned into firm, binding agreements of some Woerner noted it took eight years to negoti- Woerner argued that space was essential kind. Part of that uncertainty, he said, depends on ate the original IGA for the space station. “I don’t to the study of climate change, noting that the the efforts in various countries to win approval, want to wait eight years,” he said. “We should greenhouse effect was traced back to studies of and funding, for their contributions. try whenever we can to use the IGA for the ISS.” Venus, where a runaway greenhouse effect caused “It’s kind of like a jigsaw puzzle,” he said. “It Bridenstine agreed. “Extending the IGA is extreme heating of its atmosphere. “This shows takes some time to put it together, but all the the quickest way to make it happen,” he said. already that climate change has a direct link to pieces will come together. We just have to con- “As long as well agree, we can keep moving exploration,” he said. “Space is helping Greta.” tinue to work on it.” forward.” Bridenstine notes that many space tech- Those agencies expect that cooperation on The wide-ranging panel discussion also nologies can also be applied on Earth to reduce the lunar Gateway and other aspects of lunar brought up whether space exploration, including greenhouse gas emissions, such as batteries and exploration will be governed by the same inter- human missions to the moon, could be justified solar panels. “If we are worried about greenhouse governmental agreement, or IGA, currently used given growing concerns about climate change. gas emissions, how can you not explore space? CRAIG VANDER GALIEN FOR SPACENEWS by the partners on the International Space Station. One question posed to the panel asked how they That’s the question.” SN DAY 2 | SPACENEWS SHOW DAILY | 3 001-007_IAC ShowDaily-DAY TWO 2019.indd 3 10/21/19 5:58 PM SHOW DAILY DAY 2 ConsenSys Space announces crowdsourced SSA data system to the underlying data or algo- “TruSat is an effort rithms by which the positions are derived. “We architected the — an experiment, TruSat system to be better in both truthfully — in respects,” he said. Users will be able to submit their producing SSA satellite observations through the data that can TruSat software with full transpar- ency regarding the observations be widely, if not and the processes by which satel- globally, trusted lite orbits are derived from them. Over time, Israel said, TruSat will and made freely offer a “confidence assessment” accessible for any of observations, based on the ob- application.” server and their past track record of accuracy, to refine the orbital Brian Israel, ConsenSys co-founder elements calculated for each object. and former general counsel of TruSat will initially work with Planetary Resources the worldwide community of hob- byists who already track objects, including classified satellites not included in Air Force catalogs, and Several organizations plan to share that information in online cooperate with ConsenSys Space TruSat will offer software to allow individuals, such as satellite tracking hobbyists, to forums. Those people have an on TruSat, including the Secure report satellite positions. “intrinsic motivation” to help out World Foundation and the Uni- with a project like this, Israel said, versity of Texas. However, the venture linked to a former particular researchers studying based on interviews the company company doesn’t see TruSat as a space mining company space sustainability. did with a number of them, and are competitor to the Air Force’s own A announced Oct. 21 a very “TruSat is an effort — an exper- willing to help refine the system catalog or other efforts, like the different project, using block- iment, truthfully — in producing before expanding it to a wider Commerce Department’s plans chain technology to provide SSA data that can be widely, if not audience. for an open-architecture data crowdsourced space situational globally, trusted and made freely Later, TruSat plans to offer repository of SSA data. awareness (SSA) data. accessible for any application,” other incentives for people to par- “Those services have different ConsenSys Space, established said Brian Israel, co-founder of ticipate in satellite tracking work. applications,” Israel said, with an by blockchain company Consen- ConsenSys Space and the former That could include “missions” emphasis on space traffic man- Sys after it acquired Planetary general counsel of Planetary Re- to observe specific objects, with agement.
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