Articles tagged: Christopher Newman

• June 2015 The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond

  The last few years have seen a considerable resurgence of interest in space activities. Mainstream media has been ablaze with talk of ambitious projects seeking to colonise other planets. More prosaically but also more realistically, business forums...

  • Christopher Newman
  • COSPAR
  • Planetary protection policy
  • space ethics
  Authors: Christopher J. Newman    
• 28 July 2016 There's been a murder in space - now what?

  ... with contrasting temperaments who are travelling in space. Writing in the latest issue of ROOM - The Space Journal, Dr Christopher J.Newman, reader in law at the University of Sunderland in the UK, said: “There has been little discussion on the way...

  • Christopher Newman
  • space tourism
  • Tokyo Convention
  • University of Sunderland
• August 2020 Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks

  ... community for over seven years and has also been a representative to UN COPUOS and its sub-committees. Christopher Newman is Professor of Space Law & Policy at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has been active in the teaching and...

  • Night sky visibility
  • optical astronomy
  • satellite mega-constellations
  • space pollution
  Authors: Christopher J. Newman     Lauren Napier    
• January 2021 Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry

  ... lessons from terrestrial industries before a catastrophic and expensive disaster in space occurs. About the authors Christopher Newman is Professor of Space Law & Policy at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has been active in the...

  • ASTROSCALE
  • satellite decommissioning
  • space congestion
  • space debris
  Authors: Christopher J. Newman     Harriet Brettle     Luc Riesbeck