April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... inspections, avoidable collisions and other physical threats. While the response cannot be aggressive, as per the Outer Space Treaty, knowing what is happening nearby will be paramount. Multiple ‘guard dog’ spacecraft can be expected to patrol the...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... enriches our current society but also ensures a legacy of continued innovation and exploration. This ongoing commitment to space inspires future generations to look beyond our planetary boundaries and consider what might be possible in the broader...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...to develop new and more cost-effective robotics missions, advanced navigation and precision manoeuvring in space, improved space situational systems, lower cost satellite manufacturing techniques and improved power systems including higher efficiency...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... century, Polish scientists cooperated with the USSR in space initiatives such as the Interkosmos programme. The first Polish...ones are coordinating and leading discussions between the space industry and space law and policy in order to increase Poland...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... a new multilateral negotiation based on its text. Finally, I believe that the Russian-initiated resolution on ‘No First Placement of Space Weapons’ adopted at the UN General Assembly for the first time in 2014 and again in 2015, represents another...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...its activities and lacks a strong enforcement power. The availability of more diversified weapons increases the vulnerability of space-based systems To better appreciate the situation, let’s look at some numbers: Twelve states have demonstrated their...
