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February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... deepest regions of the oceans, or outer space and our planetary neighbours, travellers have used books and magazine articles to document their adventures. In this article, adapted from Foreword to Spaceflight: An Illustrated... Bibliography of pre-1958 Books on Rocketry & Space Travel, NASA engineer and...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... and other proposals would directly benefit humankind in accordance with Article I of the OST. They would also allow, and possibly even encourage, investment in the space mining industry by providing an orderly and internationally agreed framework ..., economics, culture and law. She has degrees in law and physics and has written for magazines, radio and broadcast documentaries. She was recently the ‘in-house’ writer and researcher for London-based...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... 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 technology. He has a BSc in physics and astrophysics from...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... the community. Holly is 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 a Material Control Analyst...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...space and ‘civilian’ space, with an all-civilian space agency, NASA. The government and media portrayal of early space was unmistakably ‘peaceful purposes’: see the film The Right Stuff, read the US-published Colliers magazine... or Russia’s Teknika Molodezh, admire Mosfilm productions. No missiles there. At the same time, there was a parallel, typically obscured, track of military space development. The same ...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...from the OST and the Rescue Agreement. Article III of the draft Convention gives jurisdiction in relation to a manned space object to the State of registry, while Article IV devolves responsibility for the spacecraft and all...the flight element of another party. As well as criminal liability, outlined in Article 22 of the IGA, there is also a separate code of conduct for the Space Station crew (ISS CCoC). Part I (B) defines the scope and content of...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...responsible for ensuring that private and non-governmental entities conduct space activities in accordance with space law. Thus, Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty contains various obligations that may be relevant for spacefaring...was hailed as a “reference standard for spacefaring nations in guiding compliance with Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty”. Under a later space law treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, States are obliged to share ...
August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
... of objects in orbit ever more critical. In this article, Mohammad Dabbah looks at the role artificial intelligence can play in enhancing our capabilities in space situational awareness (SSA) and suggests it is becoming an...pharmaceutical, autonomous systems, defence, space and national security. He is currently Head of Engineering Services for Autonomy & AI at Roke. Dr Dabbah has published many scientific articles and won several awards, including...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
.... Possibly one of the most challenging legal concepts in the field of space law is the so-called concept of ‘benefit sharing’ found in Article I of the Outer Space Treaty (OST). Specifically, this provision says that state parties to the ... Prof Carl Christol, have argued that there can be no doubt that Article I of the OST makes it clear that nations must use space in a way that benefits humankind. Humanitarian violations However, they also point...
