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...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... rays streaming into space at the speed of light United Nations (UN) action to create the International Asteroid Warning Network... This, however, might be followed by the United Nations Security Council considering a more specific international treaty ...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...) for two years. David Kendall, director general of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPOUS), believes there would be great interest if NASA were to invite...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... aviation sectors, including at the international level through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is also advisable. Through this relationship, there are already key...
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...
