October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... Space (COPUOS) coordinates these treaties and other questions of space jurisdiction from the UN Office of Outer Space (UNOOSA) based in Geneva, Switzerland. OST is the main treaty ratified by 111 countries and to date it forms the basis...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...she is conducting the first archaeological study of the International Space Station. She is also a mentor in the UNOOSA Space4Women programme and a member of the Advisory Council of the Space Industry Association of Australia. Thomas Gooch is Founder...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... of the major players. But what we’ve found in working with the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is that there’s a lot of global interest beyond this. In fact, we’ve had interest from 75 different countries around the...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... exist. Examples are the IADC ‘Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines’, issued in 2002 and a basis for the UNOOSA ‘Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space’, and the recently adopted...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
... also been noted at various professional space conferences and by the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the greater space community, and as its Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPOUS) identifies and...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... project and the outcomes were presented at EXPO in Dubai, at the Technical Session of the 65th General Assembly of UNOOSA in Vienna, and as an interactive presentation at the 73rd IAC in Paris. A follow-up research project has been funded with...
