Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew
"Over the long run the safety of all human beings in the global commons of space is a responsibility that must be shared by all space-faring powers"
(G. Rodney, NASA Associated Administrator S&MA 40th IAF Congress, October 1989, Beijing - China)The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, legally established 16 April 2004 in the Netherlands, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to furthering international cooperation and scientific advancement in the field of space systems safety. The IAASS membership is open to anyone having a professional interest in space safety...
Advancing space safety forms the foundation of our endeavour. Compared with the vastness political, financial and intellectual resources that space programs require our forces minute, truly a drop in the ocean. Nevertheless, we want to be that drop and indeed a catalyst drop. We are commited, through the knowledge and dedication of our members, to internationally advance space safety as parents are to their children, to help finally ensure that...