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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, ...commerce, research, defence, sustainability - and humanity’s collective future. This private sector space race is creating a new ‘Wild West’ in space, the ultimate ‘New Frontier’ of human innovation The key question now is not...
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
...model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that ... 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 ...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
...! Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites operate in geostationary orbit nearly 36,000 km over the west coast of Africa, from where they continuously scan the globe, showing the development and progression .... 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.
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) marked the formal weaponization of military space. Although the shuttle never flew from the west coast, there were military payloads or dedicated military shuttle missions, estimated ...1983) unmistakeably reflected the US government and media portrayal of early space as ‘peaceful purposes’. The Space Shuttle had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base. Full spectrum There ...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
... for seven regional projects including a new North West ‘space hub’, led by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) through the UK Space Agency. The North West already boasts the largest aerospace sector in Europe... and, within the UK, its digital economy is second only to London. But developing a thriving space sector here will require...
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...the point of view of the millennial generation, gave Perez the opportunity to write about the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which she writes, “demonstrates a willingness by the U.S. government to allow innovation...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... environment, and remote sensing 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 of Aeronautics...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... 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 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 ...
