April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... inspections, avoidable collisions and other physical threats. While the response cannot be aggressive, as per the Outer Space Treaty, knowing what is happening nearby will be paramount. Multiple ‘guard dog’ spacecraft can be expected to patrol the...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... We must accelerate our efforts to achieve them, leveraging space solutions to do so. Space is not just an enabler of the SDGs, it is...line with the four pillars of the UK National Space Strategy - Growth, International Collaboration, Science and ...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... enriches our current society but also ensures a legacy of continued innovation and exploration. This ongoing commitment to space inspires future generations to look beyond our planetary boundaries and consider what might be possible in the broader...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
...to shine a spotlight on congressional discourse, annual budgets, fictional representations, the narratives promoted by leading commercial space companies, space law and social media, to tease apart answers to the questions posed above. Sometimes this...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... a new multilateral negotiation based on its text. Finally, I believe that the Russian-initiated resolution on ‘No First Placement of Space Weapons’ adopted at the UN General Assembly for the first time in 2014 and again in 2015, represents another...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...its activities and lacks a strong enforcement power. The availability of more diversified weapons increases the vulnerability of space-based systems To better appreciate the situation, let’s look at some numbers: Twelve states have demonstrated their...
