July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... 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 on the...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... IX further provides that the study and exploration of space and celestial bodies must be conducted in such a ... deal with any global health concern occurring in space or originating from space. But as the current coronavirus demonstrates, global...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... 1 satellite in a rocket. SpaceBar The subject of space junk was the theme of a recent discussion on SpaceBar...science. [See also ROOM #22, Winter 2019/20 – ‘Preserving our space heritage’ by Stuart Eves]. Such an orbital museum would come with ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... of interfaces and tools for astronauts, we can achieve better goals that directly affect the success of a space mission When I started in space design over 20 years ago, I was practically alone and I wondered if an architect, a designer, could play...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... cannon was installed to fend off prospective attackers. By the 1980s, though, the concealment of military space within ‘civilian’ space by all the space powers became less and less feasible or credible. On the American side, the growth of military...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...Political reform cannot happen without understanding past and present political reality in space. The biggest stain on benign images of space technology and the Space Age is that it helped bring about the prospect of nuclear Armageddon. The satellite...
