This Space Cafe in Moriba jah’s Vox Populi Series will focus on “Space threats or hazards? Can cultural differences explain space actor behaviour(s)?”

• Threats require the concurrent existence of opportunity, capability, and intent to cause harm. Physical sensors can help us measure and know the opportunity and capability. But not the intent. How do we infer intent?
• Because intent is ambiguous, what outcomes happen when we assume malintent?
• Can cultural differences amongst space actors explain what otherwise might be interpreted as harmful behaviors?
• Can we develop practices and protocols to allay malintent and mitigate escalatory behaviors in space?