February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... but instead can evolve from the bottom up and adapt to changing circumstances. It supports the existing 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), helping prevent territorial appropriation of the Moon and promoting international cooperation. It also aligns well...
November 2018
Pole star rising
...July 2017 a draft law on space activity and the national space objects register was published by the government. While enacting a space law is undoubtedly an obligation for Poland as a state party to the Outer Space Treaty, more important is that the...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
...individual a member of one human family.” The astronomers point out that according to the Outer Space Treaty, only governments can operate in outer space. As such, it is the US government that is responsible for the harm caused by SpaceX’s satellites...
01 April 2025
The New World on Mars - What we can Create on the Red Planet
... opposer of any form of restriction, from environmental protection to the Outer Space Treaty. Having staked the warning notice, I should add that this book is a great read for space fans and anyone else who thinks our destiny is to conquer...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... and data-sharing among nations and operators. Current space sustainability efforts rely on the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1963, containing relevant international space law regulations. The framework states in Article IX that parties...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... like the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the Outer Space Treaty are vital but slow moving, often hampered by geopolitical gridlock. Space health Just as the race for space is opening up an urgent debris problem that needs...
