August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... exploitation’ has something of a negative hue predisposing opinions on the subject. Similarly, neither ‘use of outer space’ or ‘space exploration’ encompass any commercial motive, as they refer to generic and rather scientific purposes. So far, the...
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...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... IX further provides that the study and exploration of space and celestial bodies must be conducted in such a ... deal with any global health concern occurring in space or originating from space. But as the current coronavirus demonstrates, global...
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...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
...and are influenced by – activities on land. For Bowen, this offers a more accurate representation of the relationship of Earth to space: “Rather than an expansive ocean, Earth orbit is like a coastal zone: what flies in orbit is within reach of Earth...
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...
