Panel 3: Activating Active Debris Removal
Channel: Secure World Foundation
Date: 27/07/2021

Between 2008 and 2011, international scientists authored several studies showing that removing 5-10 large space objects a year by 2020 was necessary to mitigate the Kessler Syndrome. Yet a decade later, only a few small pilot programs are underway to develop the technology. This panel will discuss why that is the case and what we can do to spur governments and industry alike to get serious about removing orbital debris.

Spotlight Talk Speaker: Darren McKnight, Senior Technical Fellow, LeoLabs

Moderator: Ian Christensen, SWF Director of Private Sector Programs

Panelists:
Asha Balakrishnan, Research Staff Member, Science and Technology Policy Institute
Clelia Iacomino, Research Fellow, SEE Lab SDA Bocconi
Luc Piguet, CEO & Co-founder, ClearSpace SA
Charity Weeden, Vice President, Global Space Policy, Astroscale US