Browsing Space Enabled Research Group by Title
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Earth observation technology applied to environmental management : a case study in Benin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Coastal ecosystems provide habitats for a wide variety of plant and animal species. They also provide many benefits to humans in the form of transportation, subsistence, and economic opportunity. These benefits are at risk ... -
Exploratory design methods and techniques in support of space mission concept development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)I Designers are ubiquitous in the Consumer Product Industry, the Automotive Industry and Entertainment. Fields such as Product Design, Transportation Design and Entertainment Design emphasize finding solutions to problems ... -
Exploratory methods and techniques for space technology development and space mission concept development
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)This paper hopes to fill a gap in literature by framing the current state of exploratory design methods and techniques within space mission development and laying the groundwork to begin utilizing a wider variety of these ... -
Incentivizing Collaboration on Space Sustainability: Detectability, Identifiability, and Trackability of Space Missions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)The world has increasingly come to rely on satellites to provide services such as navigation, global communications, banking, national security, and weather forecasting. However, as satellites are launched into space at ... -
Inclusive Design of Earth Observation Decision Support Systems for Environmental Governance: A Case Study of Lake Nokoué
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-09)Earth Observation (EO) data can enhance understanding of human-environmental systems for the creation of climate data services, or Decision Support Systems (DSS), to improve monitoring, prediction and mitigation of climate ... -
Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design in Rio de Janeiro Using Earth Observation Data
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-10)There is an increasing need for tools to translate Earth Observation (EO) data into societally rele- vant metrics to inform human decision-making. To address this need, we present a multi-disciplinary, interactive modeling ... -
The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Gold mining has played a significant role in Ghana's economy for centuries. Regulation of this industry has varied over time and while industrial mining is prevalent in the country, the expansion of artisanal mining, or ... -
Leveraging microgravity to investigate earth- And space-based centrifugal casting of wax
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)A multi-year research effort aimed at increasing understanding of the centrifugal casting process of wax fuels for hybrid chemical propulsion in multiple thermal and gravitational environments is described. As both radiative ... -
Linking Historical Roots and Current Methodologies of Engineering Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-12)This paper reviews the historical context and present impact of two sets of literature: the work of Joseph Schumpeter and the field of Strategy Development. Schumpeter’s theories about the impact of technology or innovation ... -
Mediating the Marginal: A Computational Analysis of Representational Hierarchies, Aesthetic Tourism, and Queer Imagination on Instagram
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Images are world-building technologies, engendering futurity through collective imagination. An ontological trace of visual culture positions media technologies as sites of both regulation of and resistance to racial, ... -
A micro- and macro- analysis of human-machine interfaces and systems in space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Humans and machines interact with each other on a variety of scales. Interactions can involve tightly coupled interfaces or even be socio-technical in nature. In terms of large complex systems, humans learn to interact and ... -
Modelling and simulation of in-orbit centrifugal casting of a paraffin wax grain inside a 3U CubeSat
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Monitoring water-related ecosystems with Earth observation data in support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 reporting
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-05)Lack of national data on water-related ecosystems is a major challenge to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 targets by 2030. Monitoring surface water extent, wetlands, and water quality from space can be ... -
Optical and Thermochemical Analysis for Paraffin and Beeswax Centrifugal Casting
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SCRIBE : crowdsourcing indigenous knowledge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)The Ethnosphere is woven into the matrix of the biosphere as a simultaneous duality, and yet cartographers of disciplinary territories raise boundaries to dis-entangle the dialectic dualities: Nature from culture, scientific ... -
Space sustainability rating: Designing a composite indicator to incentivise satellite operators to pursue long-term sustainability of the space environment
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)The Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) was first conceptualised within the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Space Technologies, and is being designed by an international and transdisciplinary consortia including ... -
A study of emerging space nation and commercial satellite operator stakeholder preferences for space traffic management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)The near-Earth space environment is a finite, shared resource. Trends including reduced launch costs, electronics miniaturization, and preference for resilient, disaggregated architectures are driving significant growth ... -
Understanding Socio-Technical Issues Affecting the Current Microgravity Research Marketplace
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-06)For decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has operated as a bastion of international cooperation and a unique testbed for microgravity research. Beyond enabling insights into human physiology in space, the ISS has ...