March 2015
Shipping, the environment and satellite AIS
... been determined to have caused a significant adverse impact on many of the world’s coastal regions. The IMO implemented regulations to help prevent the introduction of unwanted organisms by stating that vessels are required to exchange their ballast...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... the bill supports. With the expansion of commercial space utilisation, the absence of appropriate regulation will result in de facto regulation of industry by increasing costs and eventually thwarting access. If we want to preserve access to space...
November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
...the isolated section of the gas lines above the pressure regulator had dropped to zero. In summer 2005 two independent events.... We suspected first the pressure sensor, then the pressure regulator, and in any case we tested strategies on how to...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... them both technical and political challenges, the latter including adapting laws and regulations among countries. Right now, very little regulation exists to govern this new approach. Up in the air Only 39% of the world’s population has...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... hour 43 minute spacewalk to replace a failed power regulator and install cabling. His actions brought about a ... initiatives, how to engineer the human element and how to regulate it in design aspects. The involvement of industry will be increasingly...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
... that new space governance mechanisms will have to address are seemingly growing and include: How to adequately regulate the so-called NewSpace movement so that commercial and business rationales remain thriving in private sector? How to address...
