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August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
...realised with the 2017 proposal of ‘Agenda Item 15: General exchange of views on potential legal models for activities in exploration, exploitation and utilization of space resources’, for discussion at the 57th session of the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee... of the LSC significant progress has been made and different views have been presented. The focus has shifted from arguing whether space resource activities are in essence legal, to the ways in...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...Views of space weather have undergone significant changes, transforming it from scientific curiosity to commercially-recognised threat. Historically, awareness of space hazards was limited to countries with operational space...high importance. Disaster severity is a function of four groups of critical factors: hazard characteristics, space asset characteristics, terrestrial infrastructure properties and exposure, as depicted in Fig. 2. In this sense...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...the lunar module is more obviously Lego, and the Saturn V has some questionable ‘feature shapes’, when viewed from a metre or so it would be difficult to identify the ISS model as ‘mere Lego’. ...Consultant and writer, and a Commissioning Editor 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,...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... might witness in a future space bar while sharing a space beer with some space friends. Growing up near the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and in Florida, within view of Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I... developed an early appreciation for space exploration. In addition to my love of the cosmos, and perhaps related to...
16 March 2018
CSUN undergraduate published in Room, The Space Journal
..., and a few other SGAC members, Perez co-authored an article recently published in Room, The Space Journal. Perez worked alongside Ph.D. candidates and was the only undergraduate student on this publication. Enabling Private Sector... Success, which explores the future of the private space sector from the point of view of the millennial generation, gave Perez the opportunity to write about the Commercial...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... mass migrations of refugee populations and to protect these vulnerable individuals. From space, borders melt away and we are able to view a vulnerable population and reflect on how to fulfil these individuals’ basic ... 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 Institute...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... Near-Earth Asteroids which pass within about 50 million km of Earth’s orbit and views them as ‘outer space petrol stations’, whose vast water reserves could provide propellant for rockets and supply water... interpretation 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 a ...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... Rosetta and Philae? Satellites affect our daily lives and yet they are largely hidden from view. Their designers and builders are not, on the whole, household names, though perhaps they ... Charter Organisation. In 2018 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.
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...designer’s experience is freed from conventional references to enrich itself with new points of view. The task of the designer for space is complex and involves being able to predict and imagine how astronauts live and ...ESA. She has chaired international symposia and workshops on design for outer space and has written books and published numerous papers in scientific journals. She has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including ADI...
