May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
... equation in that additional terms to account for a non-spherical Earth and the gravitational effect of other celestial bodies are required to simulate thousands of orbiting objects. Consequently, randomising or ‘stochastic’ models are used to give...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... our terrestrial condition, offering us a global vision of our own planet within the universe? Earth is not an anonymous celestial body among thousands, millions and billions of others; it is not a cradle that we could potentially or must necessarily...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, more commonly known as the Outer Space Treaty (OST...under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body responsible for air safety is available here: http://www....
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... a fine line in avoiding Article II of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 (OST), which banned the appropriation of ‘celestial bodies’. It is true that Article IV of the OST states that governments are responsible for the oversight of non-governmental ...
12 June 2019
Mysterious mass found under Moon's South Pole
... differences in density of the Moon's crust and mantle to generate the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. "When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
...planets and small celestial bodies in the solar system, remote sensing by satellites (for ascertaining the contamination of bodies of water,... also undertakes responsibilities usually fulfilled by other bodies such as Ministries of National Defence or ...
