October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
...work to save the day. Thus, when I confront the legislative and political barriers to their independent participation in opening the space ...the space frontier. Global space policy experts and legislative bodies are working diligently to try to align ...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... are vying for regulatory approval - as an example, safety expert Chris Thain reviews the regulatory framework and legislation for the basics of fire safety and emergency response, which applies to spaceports as much as to airports and similar...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
..., each coming to a different conclusion as to what it is they are describing. And thus it is today as world leaders, legislators, policymakers and academics try to understand what is happening in the Frontier Movement. Often well-meaning, each seems...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
...or nation states? Or, conceptually, is it a system in which border regulations are in place; World Trade Organization rules and national legislations are applied; trade is carried out with binding forms of payment, transport and delivery; and customs...
October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... base for space operations, for more than just its famous customer, Virgin Galactic. After receiving legislative approval in 2006, the ‘Southwest Regional Spaceport’, later renamed Spaceport America, was little more than a separate...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... intent to develop a specific legal and regulatory regime focused on space resources. While the exact details of this legislation are unknown at this time, it is certain that it will be supportive of the legal right to access, possess, use, transport...
