October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... companies to own the resources they mine and similar types of legislation have been passed by Liechtenstein and Luxembourg to offer legal frameworks for licensing of resources mined in space. It has become clear, therefore, that the United...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... material already in orbit has huge potential for cost savings compared to launching fresh material from Earth. Luxembourg-based CisLunar Industries is already planning a system that will harvest and recycle space waste. Nicknamed a ‘space...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... of the commercial space sector, a handful of adventurous Chinese firms established overseas subsidiaries, often in countries such as Luxembourg or France. If the first year-and-a-bit of the 2020s are any indication, China’s future space activities...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... on the Moon and later on other planets The Artemis Accords - also entered into by Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, UAE, UK, Ukraine, South Korea and New Zealand - evidence the commitment of the United States. The...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... of the people with physical disabilities that we select can become fully professional astronauts. Frank De Winne shows Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider a mock-up of Europe s Columbus laboratory on the ISS at EAC. During your stay...
February 2022
A new legal system for space
... and belonging, but it has also been a source of friction throughout history. Representatives of USA, Australia, Canada,Japan, Luxembourg, Italy,UAE, and UK formallysigned the Artemis Accords during a virtualceremony at the IAC in October 2020. What...
