November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... underestimates the importance of space to the survival of humanity as a whole. Indeed, at the Legal Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (where I have had the honour of being part of the Australian...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
..., Astroscale is closely involved in various formal and ad-hoc industry groups as well as international organisations including: United Nations (UN) – Astroscale’s CEO addressed UNISPACE-50 attendees in Vienna, Austria, in June 2018, the first time...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
.... No military bases or weapons of mass destruction shall be put into orbit or anywhere beyond Earth So far the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) has adopted Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines as the first ...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... of new initiatives to define and assess sustainable satellite operations. After nearly a decade of intergovernmental negotiations, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) adopted the Guidelines for the Long-term...
12 October 2016
‘Asgardia’ to become the first new Space Nation
...things, may help prepare better answers to the future governance of outer space – a topic of major concern to the United Nations. The exciting aspect of this initiative is its three phase approach to providing broader access to space; promoting peace...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... Space Treaty), adopted on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 10 October 1967, Resolution 2222(XXI) of the United Nations General Assembly, Annex, International Legal Materials 1967, Vol. 6, 386-390. 2 The term Kessler Syndrome, named...
