Space and Sustainability: Monitoring Changes on Earth from Space

February 03, 2022 by Elizabeth Frank in Sustainability, Space

Space is a powerful vantage point for monitoring the interplay between human activity and environmental health. The common thread through monitoring of Earth’s weather, climate, and surface is that data collected from space allows people on Earth to make well-informed decisions regarding sustainability.

Space and Sustainability: An Introduction to Their Four Key Intersections

October 26, 2021 by Elizabeth Frank in Sustainability, Space Exploration, Commercial Space

Is the current level of commercial space growth sustainable? What does sustainability even mean? As chief scientist at an engineering firm specializing in space and sustainability systems, and as a human who enjoys the serenity of the wilderness, I feel obligated to grapple with these questions.