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June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... Geophysical Year, peaceful purposes being the published roles of the first Sputnik, Explorer and Vanguard satellites, even though Sputnik used a rocket initially designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile and Explorer... out of the shadows A civilian, non-military motivation still guides the romantics, enthusiasts, amateur astronomers, scientists and aspiring astronauts Military space was largely hidden away, explained away or ignored. In...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...The world has come a long way since the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched in 1957. The entire planet now depends on space for economic, military, diplomatic and civilian uses and it is hard ...’ discusses how to 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...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
...burned up - the fate that befell Sputnik in 1958, for instance - or because they’re still in orbit around the Earth, or sitting on other celestial bodies. London s Science Museum s Space Descent VR exhibit uses state-of-the-...when a stable orbit has been achieved, a satellite is still likely to need attitude control and thermal management to maintain its physical integrity in the space environment. There are also hazards ‘up there’ which exhibits...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... an “ideological charter for the Space Age”, having come into force in 1967 amidst the tense atmosphere of the Cold War. According to lawyer and scholar, Carol R Buxton, the launch of Sputnik in 1957 sent “waves of ... problem and... therefore, only subject to a political solution. Without supportive political action to develop the law of space, space lawyers are reduced to the 20th century version of arguing the number of angels that can sit on the...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... clear-cut obligations and guidelines for states and space operators is essential for the long-term sustainability of space activities Immediately after the launch of Sputnik 1, over six decades ago, scientists and diplomats... met at the UN to discuss not only the regulation of space activities, but also how to...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
...very much worth watching because it effectively shows three points of particular interest to would-be space voyagers. First, space is tremendously inhospitable and, for now at least, living conditions are likely to be claustrophobic...we don’t annihilate ourselves, we’ll eventually meet other sentient beings, then all these factors will still apply. As an aficionado of space films, I’d summarise it like this: the truth is out there and it’s going to...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...the legal profession are concerned about what this means, as it is still a relatively new area of international humanitarian law. International space law, though not silent, says remarkably little about how we should...Mississippi School of 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...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...few might have previously considered — that the so-called ‘space junk’ still in orbit is a significant element of, and provides a substantial contribution to, our shared space heritage. From the very earliest of days of orbital ... desire not to throw away our history? So-called ‘space junk’ still in orbit is a significant element of, and provides a substantial contribution to, our shared space heritage Taking this idea further, might not such a...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... access to space for all, at the push of a button, through an infrastructure similar to the 19th century transcontinental railroads in the United States? Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s statement, from a letter in 1911 [1], still holds: “a..., vol. 152, p. 123–126, 2018. 22 J. Pearson and E. Levin, “Lunar Space Elevator Design in Lunar Space Elevators for Cislunar Space Development,” Star Inc., 2005. 23 M. Lades, “Mars Lift Update,” in IAC18, Proceedings,...
