February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... civilisation. For 30 years, my compatriots and I in the United States have been leading a space revolution, and at last, ... are the policy makers, legal and academic communities, national and international regulatory bodies. Already I see an evolution...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... international community over the past half-century. The United Nations (UN) has continuously emphasised that the benefits tied to... Treaty, which has governed the conduct and activities of United Nations member states in space over the past 53 years. ...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... actions involving international cooperation through bodies such as the United Nations Committee On the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN... in this orbital regime. The space-faring nations whose actions contributed to the current situation will...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
As of late 2018 the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) reported ...is a global issue. Debris doesn’t differentiate between a satellite belonging to one nation and one belonging to another. Space is a shared environment and we all ...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
...be found in all seas from the equator to the poles, as well as in freshwater systems and, according to the United Nations, it causes an estimated US$13 billion of financial damage annually to marine ecosystems. Marine animals can be injured or killed...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... undesirable actions become accepted state practice. A reasonable mid-term recommendation is to evaluate whether the United Nations (UN) should create a specialised organisation to promote regulations and standards for commercial uses of space; for...
