Our commitment

Space economy is growing and has an environmental footprint which is not limited to the plume we see during launches.

Environment is also where workers operate, where wastes are disposed, where launcher stages fall back to ground, where spacecrafts objects are abandoned after their decommissioning, and much more. There are still wide knowledge gaps.

Here at the SPLab we are committed to understanding how propulsion and energetic materials can be better. 

  • Better for perfomance
  • Better for people
  • Better for the environment. 
Credit: ESA

Selected reference papers