October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
...space law which focus on inclusive benefits and interests of all States. Other factors include the inability of UN COPUOS to make States commit to binding legal agreements, even in matters of urgent and pressing concern to the international community...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... also at an international level for regulations through our participation in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).” Considering the size of Spanish space technology companies and the public budgets they receive, the country...
September 2026
A forum for humanity’s future
...international framework governing activities beyond Earth, principally through the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), supported by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established principles...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
For aeons, and at this very moment, everything around us is riding along on a huge rocky ‘space station’ biosphere that is planet Earth, an organic planetary experiment of beings. Humanity hurtles through the vastness of space at impossible speeds, ...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... are there. Space is a key piece of the sustainable development puzzle that urgently needs slotting into place. COPUOS seeks to develop space sustainability frameworks Editor’s note: This article is based on a keynote address given by the author...
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...
