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July 2019
Who owns outer space?
..., the cornerstone of which is the well-known Outer Space Treaty (OST). The OST has been called 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...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). When the Space Age began in 1957 at the height of the Cold War, both the Soviet Union and the US strived to have détente in the new environment. They agreed to dedicate outer space for peaceful purposes and for the benefit of the whole of humanity, a gesture welcomed by the international community. The...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... government spending on space to remain robust in the coming years, driven by a new space race and rising geopolitical tension. A study by the US Defense Innovation Unit, Space Force and Air Force warns that China is on track to outpace the US by 2045 to become the dominant space power and displace the US as world economic...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... lamp illuminating our nights or a bundle of resources. In the context of Industry 4.0 and the new Space Race, discussions about the legal governance of nature in space are vitally important. Many sovereign states are planning to be part of the ‘return’ to the Moon, with at least 10 missions scheduled before...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... issues that the philosophy of space mission deals with, and should deal with, in the near future. The philosophy of space mission can be divided according to its main focus - the people who carry out the space missions, the space objects that are the subject of the mission, or extraterrestrial...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... political tensions in the Asia-Pacific and the Ukraine war. In reality, current developments may not be as novel as they are being portrayed: the cold war and, indeed, the hysteria of the ‘new cold war’ can quite easily distort the realities of military space and fuel a misleading narrative. Aspirations and reality In reality...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... around the world. It was the height of the Cold War and, from the Government’s perspective, NASA represented prestige and provided a political vehicle to openly demonstrate technological superiority over the Soviet Union. Space habitats are not built for comfort. At least not yet The Space Race – on both the US and...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... much of the work to save the day. Thus, when I confront the legislative and political barriers to their independent participation in opening the space frontier, I am saddened, appalled and confused. Yes, governments made the initial investments in space exploration as part of their Cold War Space Race. But now the children of those...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...-trigger for space conflicts, much like the hair-trigger for nuclear war. Does the country that attacks first in space always win the space war, even if they are weaker ‘on paper’ with regard to space weapon systems? Perhaps space war simulations and military exercises can...
