June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
...a software-defined architecture. The exponentially accelerating pace of technological change is a concept not fully understood. In his book, Space is Open for Business, Robert Jacobson quotes David Rose, the Founder of New York Angels, who summarised...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... the power grid, civil aviation and many satellite applications. The threat posed to these technologies by severe space weather has been well documented in a range of studies, most prominently in a study by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (Cannon...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...; development of the technology required for planetary defence; and the inception of an interdisciplinary approach to global space governance Reorganising space agencies One massive solar storm in the form of a giant coronal mass ejection could knock...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...how they can translate their terrestrial human rights measures to the unique environment of outer space The relevance of human rights in space can be highlighted through the following hypothetical examples which we may expect to encounter in the near...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... the author Mert Evirgen is a First Class Law Graduate and Space Law PhD researcher working alongside Northumbria University and Northern Space & Security to create the ‘Space Law Games’. His research focuses particularly on matters of liability and...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
...Only through such leadership, with all nations working together, will we preserve the space environment for future generations.” Mert Evirgen, of Northern Space Security, also advocates the need for legally binding guidelines in his article Collision...
