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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

  • Written by Timiebi Aganaba, Assistant Professor of Space and Society, Arizona State University
‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereigntyA group of people gaze up at the Moon in Germany. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

“India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the Moon, and the applause and shouts of joy that followed...

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