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...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
... missiles and remote sensing satellites can spy on almost anyone. Today, being ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) -free is actually a selling point for commercial space systems, which illustrates how strong the bond between...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... simply, is to build a better clock - but not just any old clock. In space, an atomic clock - one which is regulated by the vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as caesium or ammonia - may be more accurate than a clock on Earth because...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
...Achieving the second goal will entail fostering the growth of private space markets through both improvements to regulations and the use of a variety of economic policy instruments. Of course, this is all contingent on funding. President Donald Trump...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... being priced out of the market and identified an opportunity which it is supporting with funding, policy and spaceflight regulations. One of the shortlisted sites for horizontal launch was Cornwall Airport Newquay, a civilian airport in the far...
