U.S. - Japan Perspectives on Space Sustainability

Join us for an engaging session to explore how both the United States and Japanese space agencies and industry are approaching the challenges of space sustainability. Why do both countries feel it is a priority? How have the government and space agencies taken action to support solutions? What innovations is the industry pursuing and why? What more could be done to collaborate?

In partnership with the Secure World Foundation
https://swfound.org/

Moderators:
Jeff Foust, Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews
Krystal Azelton, Senior Director, Program Planning, Secure World Foundation

Our guest panelists are:
Masami Onada, Director, Washington Office, JAXA
Ellen Gersten, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy
Issei Shinohara, Vice President & General Manager, Aerospace Dept., Mitsubishi International Corporation
Dave Hebert, SVP of Marketing and Communications, Astroscale U.S.

Time Markers -
0:05 - Jeff Foust welcome and introduction to the topic
3:39 - Krystal Azelton, Secure World Foundation, part 1 host
5:48 - JAXA and Space Sustainability
8:53 - NASA and Space Sustainability
12:41 - Commercial perspective, Mitsubishi International Corporation
16:46 - Commercial perspective, Astroscale U.S.
20:01 - Building industry around policy, tech and economics
20:55 - Jeff Foust, part 2 host
21:22 - NASA’s Space Sustainability strategy
27:16 - Any Space Sustainability strategy updates
28:19 - The Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration program
32:29 - Industry perspective - Astroscale positioning
35:40 - Astroscale ADRAS-J mission update
36:04 - Industry perspective - Mitsubishi positioning
38:05 - Mitsubishi view: what are the priority topics at the moment
39:51 - Astroscale view: what are the priority topics at the moment
41:09 - JAXA view: what are the priority topics at the moment
42:49 - NASA view: what are the priority topics at the moment
44:50 - Audience Question
48:01 - A challenging question
51:50 - Related question - Thoughts on the Zero Debris Charter
53:22 - Collaborations with defence and other agencies
56:47 - Wrap up and closing remarks

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