October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
...two to four years but a 0.7 kg piece of it crashed through Alejandro Otero’s roof. The Liability Convention states that a space object includes component parts and does not have to be the entirety of an object (Art I LC). As the individual components...
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...
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...
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...
