June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, as annexed to UN doc. A/62/20, Report of the COPUOS (2007), no. 1,para. 1. 18: The stated aim of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (see http://www...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
...technical, political and programmatic endeavours supported by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) over the last 15 years: what should humanity do if an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth? With that...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
...agendas for Inter-Agency consultation among national space agencies or key international fora such as the COPUOS Working Group on Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities, UNISPACE + 50, or the International Astronautical Congress/IAA Considering...
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...
