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July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...the best efforts of governments and people the world over, millions have been infected and fatalities - already numbering in the hundreds of thousands - continue to climb. The economic and social consequences, not to mention... SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, prior to the Demo-2 flight test. Space law and health governance The United Nations space law treaties do not specifically address matters of public health. Even so, in 1959, the predecessor of the UN ...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... capital (typically friends and family) to so-called angel investors, private equity and venture capital and then, ultimately, public markets. These capital sources are essentially sequential and cumulative in the sense...commercial sector will take an even larger role in shaping both the priorities and the laws and policies governing space The economics of the space industry is evolving rapidly. New sources of capital continue to be attracted...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
...Ron Garan’s painting ‘Perspective’ created after flying in space and (below) a musical jam session on the International Space Station. As we enter an age of commercial spaceflight where more and more people will have access to the life-changing... mind to what I think is a wonderful fact – that anyone who has been blessed to fly in space and has experienced the view of planet Earth from that very special vantage point is undoubtedly going to try...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... Mars, return to Earth to be dealt with by a terrestrial criminal justice system is clearly not an immediate option. It could still occur months later...law and qualified as a barrister. Alongside her practice in criminal and regulatory law, she completed an MA in philosophy and a PhD in law at Durham University. She is currently a senior lecturer in law at Northumbria University, with particular interests in philosophy of punishment, space law and...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...Earth observation’, but can now be understood as a form of social observation Of course, this is not to say that these ...Law, and his courses at the University of North Dakota include space law, history of the space age, space politics & policy, space & the environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... publication. About the author Dr Bleddyn Bowen is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Leicester, an expert in strategy, space warfare and the military uses of outer space, and the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics and several papers on space policy in a variety of academic journals...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... reached an impasse and, according to former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Prof Joanne Gabrynowitz, it is “now primarily a political problem and... therefore, only ...Space Law Symposium in Washington DC, the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, Dr Scott Pace, emphatically stated: “It bears repeating: outer space is not a ‘global commons’, not the ‘common heritage of mankind’, not ‘res communis’, nor is it a public...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
...Space Ambassador programmes to educate students and the general public about the importance of space activities and progress being made, while outreach teams from local museums, space centres and observatories can engage students in space...posts in areas including engineering, medicine, business, law, IT, and natural and social science, offering training and experience in space operations and a fantastic stepping-stone to future employment within ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...to the expanding population of space trackers, amateurs and enthusiasts. The key moment that military space became public was the space shuttle, whose operational capabilities and features were negotiated between the...outer space and draws out the implications for international relations Likewise, India’s space programme, as inspired by Vikram Sarabhai, was devoted to economic and social purposes such as Earth observation, weather warning and ...
