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September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... the ability of governments and regulators to keep up. In this thought-provoking opinion piece for ROOM Space Journal, former UK Science Minister and Member of the British Parliament George Freeman argues for a bold, ... Investment Envoy to Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei. He is the author of over 50 published articles and OpEds and has been an outspoken advocate of more proactive and agile UK regulation and procurement for...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...to increase competitiveness, enhance security and embed sustainability at the core of space operations. Against this backdrop, the Forum provided ROOM Space Journal with a firsthand insight into how Europe plans to redefine its role ...in the global space economy. For years, Europe’s space sector has operated within a patchwork ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors.... He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and written more than 600 articles and papers on space...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... astronauts. Interplanetary spaceflight poses unique issues in respect of identifying and codifying criminality Article 22 (1) states inter alia that the signatories to the IGA may exercise criminal...S. (1991), Draft Convention on Manned Space Flight, German Journal of Air and Space Law p.3-8 10 Abeyratne, R. (2004), Space Tourism - Parallel Synergies between Air and Space Law? German Journal of Air and Space Law p.184-202 11 Abeyratne, (n...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... material as a resource. The potential dangers imposed by the growing population of space debris has been well-covered in ROOM Space Journal. Currently, there are around 36,000 objects larger than 10 cm in low Earth...advantage towards facilitating this. In 1945, Arthur C Clarke wrote his famous article in Wireless World where he discussed the idea of spacing three satellites 120 degrees apart along a geostationary orbit to provide global coverage...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... climate change as it leads to the displacement of people and communities. In this timely ‘conversational’ article, PJ Blount and Michael Dodge - who both presented papers during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC...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, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American ...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... organisation is international and governmental. Possibly the most controversial provision of the Moon Agreement is Article 11, which provides that the Moon and its natural resources are the ‘common heritage of... of ‘the mankind provisions’ has thus 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 subject to ...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... The political reality of outer space is at odds with the spirit of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which declares in Article I that “the exploration and use of outer space… shall be carried out for... outer space, and the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics and several papers on space policy in a variety of academic journals. Dr Bowen frequently appears in media items on space policy and advises practitioners on space security ...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... and ExoMars. In 2014 he took up a new role at the UK Space Agency as Head of International Space Policy where he championed Space for Sustainable Development and became the UK Board Member for the International Disaster...he became the UKSA’s Chief Scientist. He retired in 2020 and continues to advocate on Space and Astronomy matters. He is a visiting Professor with the University of Leicester and a member of ROOM Space Journal’s Editorial Board.
