September 2023
Five more years for Asgardia’s stellar democracy
... first Chair of Parliament. This was a huge role, requiring all the skills and experience I had gathered across four decades in frontline politics, in the UK and internationally. The challenge of making that first Parliament work was so big because...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
...Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), actively engaged in addressing the challenge of space debris. The emphasis of the discussions is on debris mitigation and minimisation of objects...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... remain in relative infancy. Five years ago IT entrepreneur Nobu Okada decided to address the challenge by forming a company focused on the issue of space debris removal. Here, he describes his ideas and a business plan that he hopes will protect...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... responsibility concerns both orbits around the Earth (the circulation of satellites, the allocation of frequencies, the use of images from remote sensing, etc.) and the exploration of the solar system (the sterilisation of probes and, more broadly...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
... and working in a 1,700-square-foot module 3D-printed by ICON, called Mars Dune Alpha. The habitat will simulate the challenges of a mission on Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failure, communication delays, and other environmental...
28 May 2016
Editor-in-chief speaks at international space lawyers’ conference
...international meeting of space lawyers is addressing issues related to the state-of-the-art in current and future military security technologies and activities, military policies, and the challenges and risks they represent in terms of space security...
