May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... US. Already some have claimed that authorising such space mining activity is tantamount to a claim of sovereignty over the celestial body where the extraction would take place. Those proposing to undertake this type of extraction says this is not...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... Hayabusa mission. Makoto is additionally interested in the issue of planetary defence, which concerns potential Earth impacts from celestial bodies. He is a member of the NEO (Near Earth Object) working group in the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... at University College London (UCL) where I learnt about the importance of geology in influencing the possibility of life forming on celestial bodies: from moons like our own giving planets stability and shielding them from asteroid collisions, and...
June 2014
The peaceful use of space
... Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, conventionally known as the Outer Space Treaty. The Treaty, adopted in 1967 by broad consensus in the UN General Assembly...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
..., in part, that ‘the activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorisation and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty’. States typically respond...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...This can happen in a stationary orbit around a rotating celestial body or a Lagrange point. Geosynchronous equatorial or geostationary orbit ...on the Space Elevator. The planet, or other celestial body, with the base-anchor provides the rotation and ...
