The requirement to work remotely is driving interest in a new platform that allows satellite operators to manage their spacecraft outside of traditional command centers
One challenge to going virtual long-term is site visits
, which are a critical part of inspector general investigations, Scott said. People can conduct interviews over video chat, but there’s a big benefit to actually seeing conditions with your own eyes in person. “Talking to people about how you store hazardous material is different from being on center and opening the cabinet” and potentially finding violations, Scott said.and urged them to take care of themselves and their families so they don’t burn out.
Some options for debris disposal include sending spacecraft to a disposal orbit around the moon, crashing them into the lunar surface, or sending old satellites away from the Earth and Moon on a path that is unlikely to return. Many operators dispose of space junk in low-Earth orbit by reentering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up, but that is likely to be a very expensive option for uncrewed missions near the moon, the paper says.
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