February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
There is an old Indian fable about six blind men describing an elephant, each coming to a different conclusion as to what it is they are describing. And thus it is today as world leaders, legislators, policymakers and academics try to understand ...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
... UN COPUOS has been largely shaped by the results of UNISPACE III elaborated in the Vienna Declaration on Space and Human ...and developments in national security space or space weaponisation? UNISPACE+50 will be held in mid-2018. The process and...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... Dream Chaser mission is also part of a wider UN framework focused on the future of international space cooperation - UNISPACE+50. UNISPACE+50 will be a special segment of COPUOS in June 2018 to mark the 50th anniversary of the first UN Conference...
25 September 2016
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs participates in the 67th International Astronautical Congress
...UNOOSA Mark Sirangelo, SNC corporate vice president for Space Systems UNOOSA Global Networking Forum panel on UNISPACE+50 and the Future of Space Wednesday 28 September 1.30pm - 2.30pm Guadalajara Hall 8, Expo Guadalajara Speakers: Simonetta Di Pippo...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
...agencies or key international fora such as the COPUOS Working Group on Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities, UNISPACE + 50, or the International Astronautical Congress/IAA Considering key roles for non-governmental agencies such as the Secure...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... defence against asteroids, we are a long way from a global space governance system for planetary defence. In fact, as UNISPACE+50 prepares to convene in 2018 what is striking is that the world is really not prepared for the emerging new...
