April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... to bring in cash, such as selling chief designer Sergei Korolev’s slide rule, and even spacecraft sitting on other celestial bodies (‘new owners collect’), were successful. Space tourists paid cash to fly to the International Space Station (ISS...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... mankind”. This is given further effect by Article II which prohibits claims of ownership on outer space, the planets or any celestial body. Even before the recent increase in mega constellations, many satellites were visible in the night sky on any...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... have to grapple with over coming decades as long-term human habitation in outer space, and upon different celestial bodies, becomes an increasing reality. In continuing to comply with their human rights obligations to respect-protect-fulfil...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over such object… while in outer space or on a celestial body”. Therefore, put simply, the state of registry retains jurisdiction and control over the space object while...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... Moon Agreement to set out an International Regime for commercial uses of resources from the Moon and other celestial bodies. A level playing field Sustainability has not only to be achieved in Earth orbit, but also for any exploration...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
....PS1SCComet Cosmic threats The greatest existential threat may not come from rival nations but from a celestial body capable of reducing civilisation to ashes. Military arsenals cannot defend us from a large asteroid. While small objects can...
