February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... made open to all. It is important to note that there are other types of cosmic hazards to be considered and the UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities is an entity that is currently considering issues such...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... non-binding Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines [3] of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) focus unvaryingly on the non-functional nature of debris: space debris are all man-made objects, including...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... (CSA), was appointed in June 2016 to chair the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) for two years. David Kendall, director general of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and chairman of the...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... of Space Explorers, the B612 Foundation, NASA’s JPL cosmic hazards programmes, ESA’s Earthguard programme, the UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), ...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... are expanding. Top: In 1959, the General Assembly established the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) as a permanent body, which had 24 members at the time. It has now grown to 84 members. Non-appropriation of outer space...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... for a Moon landing. The group is seeking observer status at the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). They will be aiming to build on the protocols suggested in the July 2011 NASA/NASM document seeking international...
