24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... safe spacecraft operations and incentivise the sustainable use of space. “A ‘wild west’ space race without effective regulation risks a growing crisis of debris in space,” said UK science minister George Freeman during the 4th Summit on Space...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
...foreseen, while the priorities of the States in regulating the newly established field and maintaining outer space for... provisions was not guaranteed and that the matter should be regulated on a multilateral and not national level. A fictional concept...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
...Glavkosmos), Naser Al Rashedi (Director of Space Policy & Regulations, UAE Space Agency), Koichi Wakata, (Vice-President of...otherwise, that will work towards that purpose and you need regulations. In my opinion, international partnership is a must and...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
...fantasy of rich satellite operators, but of key interest to regulators, policy makers and all who recognise the necessity of achieving... other hand, the insurance industry may profit from regulations that oblige businesses to insure the in-orbit phase ...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... States. In February this year the government of Luxembourg announced an initiative to establish domestic laws and regulations to facilitate asteroid mining. [3] The announcement further signalled that Luxembourg was interested in directly investing...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... are witnessing is not only retraction from the further development of highly needed international rules to facilitate and regulate space activities, but also the weakening or abandoning of the international institutions that remained, until the mid...
