Space for Peace: A Conversation with Professor Paul Meyer. July 2022.
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries
Michael Byers, Aaron Boley, Ewan Wright and Cameron Byers. Nature Astronomy. 6, 1093–1097 (2022).
The article is published with open access here. Coverage of the article can be found at New Scientist, The Verge, Smithsonian Magazine, Cosmos Magazine, Global News, and more.
UBC International Relations Student Association podcast: Beyond Earth: The Politics of Space
featuring Michael Byers. 2022.
Shunning of Russia strains International Space Station partnership
Interview with David Kendall on Radio Edmonton.
Written contribution to the first session of the United Nation Open-Ended Working Group on “Reducing Space Threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours”
In May 2022, Paul Meyer led several Fellows of the OSI in preparing a written submission to the first session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on “Reducing Space Threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours.”
Astronauts on ISS seek shelter from a cloud of Russia space junk
Paul Meyer talks about Russia’s 2021 ASAT test on Global News Radio.
Restraint in outer space benefits everyone
by Paul Meyer for the Globe and Mail.
OSI April 2022 Newsletter
The April 2022 newsletter provides updates on recent and upcoming OSI initiatives, highlights some media appearances and publications by the Fellows, and announces a new lecture series organized by the OSI and sponsored by MDA.
Statement by OSI Co-Directors on US ASAT Missile Test Ban
On 18 April 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States would commit to not conduct destructive, direct-ascent ASAT (anti-satellite) missile tests. Read a statement by OSI co-directors Aaron Boley and Michael Byers on the development.
SpaceX launched at least 40 satellites last week. Here’s why that could be a problem
Sam Lawler interviewed by CNN.
Ballooning satellite populations in low Earth orbit portend changes for science and society
Physics Today. With insights from Sam Lawler, Aaron Boley and Moriba Jah.