May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... anytime soon, but the country signed up to the US-led Artemis Accords in June 2021. Meanwhile, its neighbour Australia, having founded its... own space agency just four years ago, signed with Artemis in late 2020. As these new space agencies assess ...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... resources for commercial benefit, as evidenced by the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 and the pending Artemis Accords. Likewise, events such as India’s 2019 Shakti anti-satellite test (ASAT) and Russia’s alleged Kosmos-2543...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... opening of the frontier. From space resources laws to the recent Artemis Accords, some have shown real vision, and yet, as one of the authors of the Accords admitted, what they are putting down is merely the ‘floor’ for...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
...also aligns well with recent laws and initiatives promoting the commercial use of space, such as the Artemis Accords. As a voluntary cooperative, membership would be open to anyone. Moreover, the LDC’s revenue model imposes no economic cost – neither...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...) and the Moon Agreement (1976), while the US is promoting a bilateral approach by inviting other nations to sign its Artemis Accords. But these are not the only options. The Lunar Limb. A high forward oblique view of Rima...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... most likely prompted by the planned American return to the Moon, the Gateway project and then the Artemis Accords. Unlike the International Space Station (ISS), which was designed and operated by a partnership of the United States...
