May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
We use the term satellites every day, but what does this word really mean? The first use of the term satellites goes back to the discovery of the telescope and Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter. He needed a name to describe these small ...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
Although the technical details of trade relations are a mystery to most people, everyone recognises the need for regulation of trading mechanisms here on Earth. But what do we do when it comes to trade between Earth and Mars? In common with ...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...been augmented with various other international treaties [12] and would seem to offer a ready-made solution to the regulation of space tourism. There are, however, difficulties with simply transposing this to space activity. The nature of sovereignty...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
...designed to fit within and be a part of the surrounding desert landscape. Private firms could see non-regulation of space activities (or certain parts of a space activity) as beneficial as it may lower administrative, technical, and financial burdens...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... facets of space exploration and utilisation. This is largely due to the approach taken by the US government to support and regulate private investment in space under the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, wherein launch standards are based...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... examining the origins of the SIA, it is possible to identify a number of reasons why the UK government decided to revisit the regulation of UK space activity. First, there has been a significant shift in the nature of the satellite market, the bread...
