July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...track approach to regulation. The first regulatory pathway is provided by the aforementioned, pre-existing Outer Space Act 1986, whereby UK space activities that occur overseas and are launched overseas are authorised, licensed and supervised via the...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
...only agency charged with human space exploration. The American Space Renaissance Act begins the process of bringing NASA’s space exploration activities in line with a doctrine of pioneering space. The bill amends the Space Act of 1958 (directing NASA...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
... to the work of Parliament where a number of important legislative proposals are currently being drafted. These include the Space Act, the first draft of which was debated at XVIII Parliament Sitting on 9-11 December 2022, which the Science Committee...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... and business plans, but it is perhaps best to await the final details that will be included in the NASA Space Act Agreement with the final chosen partner. Starlab will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... NanoRacks was formed in 2009 to provide commercial hardware and services for the US laboratory on the ISS via a Space Act Agreement with NASA. Switching from one priority to another or being vague about what the priorities are...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... and commercial legislation, focusing on attracting companies to do business and bring their facilities to Brazil. The Brazilian Space Act, currently under development, will regulate all the commercial operations and provide the legal certainty that...
