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ALT A digital graphic with a dark blue gradient background featuring glowing white and cyan text. At the top, the Palestine Space Institute (PSI) logo and name are displayed in white. Below, bold white text reads "Contemporary Developments in Space Ethics Conference." A subheading in smaller white text states, "Catch PSI on the 'Justice' panel presenting:" followed by the talk title in bold cyan and white text: "SPACEWASHING AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK AND CASE STUDY." At the bottom, The Open University logo is displayed with the text "Organized by The Open University." The date and time of the panel, "March 21 at 10 AM GMT," and a note that "Free registration is still open" are included in white text.
ALT Dark blue background with the top half of Earth at night with lights. Centered text: PSI logo Palestine Space Institute PSI 2026 Workshop Series. Bringing Humanity to the Stars. A community effort to co-produce knowledge for justice in space. Apply Now button.
ALT Dark blue background with the top half of Earth at night with lights. Centered text: PSI logo Palestine Space Institute PSI 2026 Workshop Series. Bringing Humanity to the Stars. A community effort to co-produce knowledge for justice in space. Apply Now button.
ALT LOGO PSI WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE SPACEWASHING 101 How space exploration is used to whitewash militarism, colonialism, apartheid, and genocide
ALT LOGO PSI WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE SPACEWASHING 101 How space exploration is used to whitewash militarism, colonialism, apartheid, and genocide
ALT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SPACEWASHING Social justice requires examining how systems of power, inequality, and violence are produced and sustained. Presenting space as neutral and universally beneficial only serves to limit scrutiny of how it hinders social justice via: militarism and the arms trade surveillance, borders, and occupation colonial and extractive practices This is what PSI has termed “spacewashing.” Spacewashing describes how states and corporations use space activities, space science, and space imaginaries to deflect attention from their role in violence, militarism, and the military-industrial complex.
ALT SPACEWASHING MECHANISMS Spacewashing operates across multiple layers, including: Greenwashing: framing military-driven R&D as improving “efficiency” or “sustainability” Diversity washing: celebrating “first women” and “first people of color” while building weapons systems Humanitarian washing: offering “crisis EO data” while supplying militaries and selectively restricting access Normalization of genocide, apartheid, occupation: presenting space as advancing “peace” and “diplomacy” while enabling repression through partnerships with occupying entities These are not separate tactics; they reinforce each other. The entanglement of space with colonial and imperial interests is both material and ideological.
ALT SPACEWASHING AND PALESTINE In the context of Palestine, space technologies and research are directly entangled with: surveillance of Palestinian populations targeting of civilian infrastructure border enforcement and population control the normalization of occupation and apartheid All while space agencies, corporations, and research institutions: normalize relations with occupying forces obscure their ties to the arms trade frame participation in space as evidence of moral and technological progress Spacewashing functions as an ideological shield that obscures responsibility and limits accountability.
ALT SPACEWASHING ENABLES GENOCIDE As genocide continues in Gaza, space imaginaries are mobilized to: distract from material violence, launder corporate and state responsibility, rebrand militarism as innovation To challenge this, PSI offers intellectual resistance as a framework for re-politicizing global space discourse in the pursuit of social justice. On this World Day of Social Justice, we must ask: How can space be fundamentally reimagined to confront its entanglement with militarism and empire, and to dismantle spacewashing rather than reproduce it?
ALT A person in a full astronaut suit kneeling on a rocky desert landscape under a pale sky, symbolizing space exploration and justice themes. The text reads "outer space is not neutral, but a mirror of injustice on Earth" and "A conversation with Sahba El-Shawa, Palestinian-Jordanian researcher and Young Leader for the SDGs." with the United Nations emblem in the top left corner.
ALT Graphic announcement with the Palestine Space Institute logo. Text reads: “Call for Applications. Palestine Space Institute Fellowship 2025–2026. Deadline: November 10. Apply Now.” The background features a glowing blue gradient.
ALT Palestine Space Institute logo and header “PSI Fellowship 2025 Research Areas.” Text describes two Earth Observation research areas: Data and technical analysis (remote sensing, satellite imagery, open datasets). Legal and policy considerations (data access, sovereignty, privacy, and international space law). Blue gradient background.
ALT Palestine Space Institute logo and header “PSI Fellowship General Info.” Text explains the six-month remote fellowship open to individuals worldwide, with mentorship and research support provided. Expected outcomes include a research report, blog post, and presentation. Fellows receive a stipend upon completion. Blue background with glowing edges.
ALT Palestine Space Institute logo and header “PSI Fellowship Timeline.” Text lists: Application deadline: November 10, 2025 Review and interviews: November 2025 Notification: December 2025 Start date: January 2026 Midway milestones: February–April 2026 Final deliverables: June 2026 Showcase event: July 2026 Blue glowing background with “Apply Now” button.