May 2019
A matter of perspective
... thought. Hands-on approach Without simulation on the Earth, there would be no real human activity in space This is also the reason why outer space so fascinates me as an artist. It’s a utopian blank whose sheer inaccessibility constantly eludes any...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
...all of these, I have not found a single document that constitutes a comprehensive and binding ethical code for human activity in space. All that is available are partial answers, which seem to serve initial needs in the interim. Of course, if we wish...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... benefits. First, it provides an agreed standard of norms for assessing and addressing the impact of human activities in space. Second, it facilitates understanding and engagement through shared language and values. Third, it provides an architecture...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... integrity of the legal framework surrounding human activity in space. Richard Branson during his Unity 22 flight. Air-space boundary The question of where space begins is a fundamental element of the space tourism industry Branson’s Virgin Galactic...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... possesses abundant resources that are of potential economic value for future human activities, and especially for future human activities in space. Among identified resources, water is considered to be of particular value; returned Apollo samples...
10 May 2019
Bezos unveils Moon mission with Blue Moon lander
... elements—hydrogen and oxygen—and reprocessed as rocket fuel. Bezos has not been shy in endorsing more human activity in space, due to his concerns over how Earth will cope with the demands of a growing population. He has said...