January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... and convincing evidence is now emerging that increases the urgency for humankind to leave the ‘cradle’. The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, released in March 2019, states that “the biomass of wild...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... the Act. Any diplomatic attempts at seeking binding international standards would almost inevitably be undertaken within the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). Such negotiations take years of deliberations with...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
...argue that such far-reaching principles should have been developed in a multilateral forum through the United Nations or other international organisations, not bilaterally via government-to-government agreements. But, Bridenstine told reporters, that...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...consequences for resource utilisation. Under the United Nations’ 1967 Outer Space Treaty, nations cannot acquire land on celestial bodies.... exploitation of space to be registered from their nation. Arguments over who can export and sell commodities...
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...
