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November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
...surveillance, since it will give full coverage of Earth’s surface including ocean and polar regions, and also near space for both air and space traffic management in one device, along with meeting the requirements of the... About the author Dr Sanat Kaul formerly worked in India’s administrative service in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and he was on the boards of Air India and the Airports Authority of India. He was involved with the privatisation ...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
..., including the lifecycle of space missions, to ensure sustainability is embedded and operated 100 percent through whatever a space operator in the UK wants to do. That will eventually become a British Standard Kitemark, a certification which confirms a product or service’s claim has been independently...
February 2021
Cyber and Space – the role of the cyber-range
... and securely in the space and cyber domains (and protect those services we all rely on) is in our hands. Fortunately, there is an inexpensive and effective way of generating the required knowledge, and it is one that leaves orbital and ... Royal Air Force, where he was an operational pilot and commanded both 12 Squadron and RAF Lossiemouth. He was Director of the Air Staff in MoD (2007-2010) with Space and Cyber Policy in his portfolio, and Head ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... survival of all humankind. About the authors Prof Dr Ram S. Jakhu is the Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He possesses professional experience of over 30 years in the field...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... effective institution with the adequate authority and resources to act independently and promptly before an outbreak becomes a global pandemic and a catastrophe. The governance of global health and space activities need not exist in parallel ... the author David Kuan-Wei Chen is the Executive Director of the McGill Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is also the...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... This will not always be the case, however, and perhaps the greatest service the two flights have done is to reignite the discussion about the air-space boundary. Should orbital tourism become the norm (such ...environment. The development of safe, low-cost access to space will only thrive if there is a predictable regulatory regime for ensuring safety and guaranteeing the rights of the customer. The first stage of that is identifying which legal ...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... for my home country, Australia. Undoubtedly space is increasingly a ‘dual use’ area - where satellites at the same time offer commercial services to civil and military customers - raising some interesting questions about the ... Université Toulouse1 Capitole; Member of Faculty, London Institute of Space Policy and Law; Associate Member, Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, McGill University; Adjunct Professor, University of Adelaide; Member...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... about low gravity environments as a commodity The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) was created to find users and commercial customers as the sole manager of the US national laboratory on the ISS. It is tasked...be split between the agency and others using the facility from a commercial perspective. Just as there are many elements on the technology side that require detailed consideration, the service side equally needs to be...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... on the advisory boards for global organisations such as Space Vault, Finsophy, and STEM for Women magazine. She also sits on the Space Economy Task Force in Austin, Texas. Jeff Smith is...space organisations and is on the National Space Society’s Space Ambassador Committee. He is an additive manufacturing mentor for summer interns, and a guest speaker/exhibitor/judge at the Cities in Space competition. Jeff served five years in the US Air Force and...
