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July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... interest of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind Outer space shall be free for exploitation and use by all states Outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means... of use or occupation or by any other means. Notably, the OST bars appropriation of outer space by nation states, but is silent as to appropriation by individuals or private companies. With technological developments now...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...was in part originally designed and funded to meet the Pentagon’s and the Intelligence Community’s needs. The Hubble Space Telescope is an adapted KH-11 spy satellite that simply looks to the cosmos rather than down on Earth... does not work.” [Neufeld, Cold War - but no war - in space] The political reality of outer space is at odds with the spirit of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty Spacepower has gone from warning and targeting systems in nuclear war...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... Jupiter which is 8.6 km in diameter, has an absolute magnitude of 21 and the visible light limit of the Hubble Space Telescope is 32. The angular speed of movement can reach 20-50 degrees per second. In recent years, the MASTER system... dangerous asteroids (Solar System) and space debris (near-Earth space). The software used on MASTER telescopes allows for automatic monitoring of near-Earth and outer space at all the observatories that use MASTER...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...parallel, the Russian-Chinese draft ‘Treaty on the Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects’ (known as the PPWT) was promoted from 2008 within the Conference on...avoiding interference and potential collisions. In view of these various threats to the sustainable use of outer space, the international space community must act All this is very good, but not sufficient. It is now necessary...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... by means of use or occupation, or by any means”, other provisions of the OST, especially Article I, stipulate that “Outer Space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States... among nations, which directly supports Article I of the OST in that, “The exploration and use of outer space... shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interest of all countries, irrespective of their degree...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...international community. The UN General Assembly, in its first resolution on outer space, adopted on 13 December 1958, expressed the common aim to use outer space only for peaceful purposes, to avoid the extension of present national ... into this new field, and to promote energetically the fullest exploration and exploitation of outer space for the benefit of humankind. These principles were elaborated in succeeding resolutions that became ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... cylinders is foreseen for stowage of equipment and tools. Design of Supporting Systems for Life in Outer Space Colours and lighting modulation is a positive physiological feature to foster relaxation during recreational activities and ...world recognised and supported by ESA. She has chaired international symposia and workshops on design for outer space and has written books and published numerous papers in scientific journals. She has been the ...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
...of the twenty-first century. Surrounded by stars - this starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520... that the human species undertook to explore, or to conquer, what we are now used to calling ‘space’ (formerly known as ‘outer space’). And it is also not surprising that we have cherished this dream since the seventeenth century. Far...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...because outer space is way too vast to be able to understand everything that is going on to any reasonable level of confidence. Firstly, very few countries have space surveillance sensors that can form even a small picture of...develop conflict success criteria that are designed for terrestrial conflicts, though still applicable to conflicts in outer space. This is part of the significant contribution of JP5 to military planning. However, before any...
