
Chatter: Space Diplomacy and Satellite Data with Mariel Borowitz
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As satellites around the planet proliferate, the tug they feel from international tensions seems to rival the gravitational pull exerted by the Earth itself. On issues from Space Traffic Management to scientific data sharing, the need for global cooperation is high but rarely easy. Dr. Mariel Borowitz is head of the Program on International Affairs, Science, and Technology at Georgia Tech's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, where she is an Associate Professor, and author of “ Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data ,” which dives deeply into the history of government agencies' and international organizations' tough choices about when and how to…