January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
For aeons, and at this very moment, everything around us is riding along on a huge rocky ‘space station’ biosphere that is planet Earth, an organic planetary experiment of beings. Humanity hurtles through the vastness of space at impossible speeds, ...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
...between innovation in space technology and regulatory mechanisms will inevitably cause setbacks The future role of the UN COPUOS will be formed during the processes scheduled to play out in forthcoming months. There is the potential to create a solid...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has a long history of considering questions of space ...United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). He is one of the authors of the Artemis Accords and served on...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... as capacity building in space science, technology and workforce development. Prior to joining Secure World Foundation he chaired the UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities and the South African Council for...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...or the sustainability of the night sky. However, UN COPUOS has recently adopted Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) guidelines on ... seven years and has also been a representative to UN COPUOS and its sub-committees. Christopher Newman is Professor of Space...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
...regulatory regime of the long-term sustainability in space. At present further work is ongoing under the auspices of the UN COPUOS within the framework of a dedicated Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, whose main...
