April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
..., sometimes to a lesser extent, local community support. Another lesson to be learned from the US is the value of having legislation, rules and regulations already in place. The US launcher companies do not suffer the ambiguity of not knowing if new...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... operational - Astroscale’s LEXI servicer will dock with and provide orbit-keeping and manoeuvring services. When legislation is born out of crisis, government authorities tend to respond in a reactive, often knee-jerk fashion and, should this...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... the original 2018 launch target passed, without the legislative framework in place for launch or infrastructure arriving onsite.... before any vehicles have taken flight. But with the legislative framework in place, a number of horizontal and vertical ...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... this is something that we all have to highlight with the regulators, as well as industry, when we create national space legislation. And we then need to act according to the principles of sustainability. This is the responsibility of the States, but...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
... few are covered for third party liability. Domestic legislation could be used to ensure that operators have third...lacuna which the Otero case has brought to light. Domestic legislation could be used to ensure that operators have third party liability...
March 2026
Lessons learned on the way to space
...take place in a controlled and safe fashion. In creating the legislation which ultimately became the Commercial Space Launch Act, the US ... interests with a united voice – by lobbying legislators, for example. There are also professional associations ...
