April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... increases and absorption by the atmosphere increases. Government-funded CubeSats that use amateur radio frequencies in the United States may violate the intent of the amateur radio service and go against the rules of the National Telecommunication...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... explicitly prohibit the appropriation and use of space resources. In the absence of further international agreements, the United States in 2015 passed legislation granting property rights to extracted resources. Luxembourg followed suit. The broader...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... World War II was a catalyst for rocket development in the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-war years. One of...better understand the Earth. At this same time, the United States and the Soviet Union were both eager to develop ...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... Northeast blackout, a widespread power outage that affected 55 million people throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and the Canadian province of Ontario. The two futures Outer space must also be a place and a reason...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... law, any country that suffers harm by Starlink can sue the United States government in the International Court of Justice. “The pretext for appealing to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the loss of scientific...
05 May 2026
Europe at the edge of a new world
... to something more provocative. Addressing an audience of several hundred delegates, space industry veteran Rick Tumlinson from the United States delivered a keynote that was part historical reflection, part rallying cry – and part warning to Europe...
