As the #CountdownToMars is nearing its end for ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover, I was reminiscing about my own #space journey; it began with the #RedPlanet during my 2009 #sojourn at #UCIrvine; what vitality of #spirit and #curiosity 22-yo me possessed seizing every #oppo…lnkd.in/gF5yeua

Letting the #cat out of the bag ... All ongoing & planned #megaconstellations (SpaceX #starlink, OneWeb, Amazon #kuiper) have designs inherently based on #frozen #orbits; but how frozen/safe are they? Claudio Bombardelli, Davide Amato and I give some insi…lnkd.in/gkVmywG

Features my brief interview with Denise Chow at NBC News, giving some context to Astroscale's #ELSAd mission on why active #debris removal is needed for #space #sustainability in the era of #satellite #megaconstellations Best of…lnkd.in/gmaMCuK lnkd.in/gXwWPiD

#Spacee is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is ..." Well, until it's not ... cheers to yet another unfettered #satellite #megaconstellation lnkd.in/eKpf4Jk

Nice conversation with Kolemann Lutz on #space manifolds; though I couldn't resist bringing the discussion back to #spacesustainability and tragedy-of-the-commons scenario we currently face with #satellite #megaconstellations ... #spacex #starlink #onew…lnkd.in/g2qb_pu

I'm pleased to announce that The Outer Space Institute, co-directed by Aaron Boley, of which Moriba Jah, Timiebi U. Aganaba, DCL., Brett Gladman and I, among others, are fellows, is pleased to publish the "International Open Letter…lnkd.in/gCG7tiW6 lnkd.in/grF77w5R

Life is a journey, not a destination … but the destinations in Maui aren’t too bad either 🤙 lnkd.in/gm5paQSv

My chapter in the #encyclopedia of #lunar #science Springer Nature Group, published with Daniel Scheeres, who himself is an encyclopedia of #astronomical insight. This work provides a broad overview of #cislunar mission #trajectories and #orbits from the…lnkd.in/gAkehf4P

Despite utterly dropping the #space ball on planning today's event, I'm happy to announce that the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre has continued our annual tradition of Space Debris Day: Space #debris Day, akin to #asteroid  Day, was…lnkd.in/gKbeTHRg lnkd.in/gC4KNf_f

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of #aerospace #engineering #sciences, through the AeroBuffs Alumni Club, has created new awards to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding #alumni in (1) #commercial #enterprise,…lnkd.in/gkrKgSVg lnkd.in/gyZRsDRX

Happy to announce our latest #research on a classical, but relevant topic in astrodynamics and SSA/STM. Thanks to co-authors Gianpaolo Izzo, Lamberto Dell'Elce, and Pini Gurfil, and to collaborators Claudio Bombardelli and Carlos YANEZ for insightful disc…lnkd.in/gcJPA-K6

A "nice" (pun intended) position for a PhD in applied mathematics at Inria in Nice, France, co-funded by Thales Alenia Space. The thesis will be on "Control Theory Methods for Satellite Collision Avoidance," and you'll have an oppo…lnkd.in/ezNtNGcb lnkd.in/eYx4Vpci

Looking forward to connecting with UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering alumni at this grandiose #stem and #space event lnkd.in/g6iHNPsJ

That's one small step for Jeet Patel, one giant leap for my lab at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering! Congrats to my first MS student in my new role at UCSD, Space Master, Jeet Patel, for a successful defense! Jeet's thesis focused on the long-t…lnkd.in/erc9Z94w

You'll no longer have to feel "Space-less in Seattle" ... Looking forward to connecting with folks from BLUE ORIGIN and Prof. Erik Viirre lnkd.in/gr3Py7ve

For my #EuropeanUnion based Astrodynamicists, OKAPI:Orbits GmbH has a new opening in #Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space #Surveillance and Tracking (SST): lnkd.in/g9hM4UWm

Why limit oneself to the study of Earth's #astroenvironmental #pollution? In our recent article, accepted for publication in #mnras (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society), the brilliant, Dimitri Veras, of the Universit…lnkd.in/e7i8MFWd lnkd.in/eNiV2r3T

I'm delighted and honored to announce that I will be serving as co-chair, with my dear colleague and friend, Paul Schumacher, for the #astrodynamics session at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies AMOS Conference scheduled to take…lnkd.in/egUGUF4G

An opportunity to navigate satellites with a stellar group ! lnkd.in/gY2egkFq

Maxar Technologies has an opening for a space navigator, where you'll be working with the esteemed Justin A. Spurbeck. In the words of Justin's former M.S. advisor, Moriba Jah, level up ... lnkd.in/gjyNfR5Q