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 ...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... individual countries to authorise and supervise this activity. As both Branson’s and Bezos’ activity occurred within the United States, under Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty it fell upon the Federal Aviation Administration (acting under 51 USC...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
...a reprise of the 960s' space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The space race then was ... of China's space programme looks to be modelled on the steps the United States and others have already made in space. "They're at the level now...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... and competitive.” The international community, through the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space...and have been incorporated into the standard practice of the United States. Progress has been made in limiting the creation of new...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... mission-critical satellite, Wi-Fi and aviation technologies to major business, government and non-governmental customers in the United States and worldwide. We are proud of our partnership with Thuraya, for whom we developed the VIPturbo, a compact...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... a remarkable edifice in the International Space Station (ISS). Additionally, NASA’s space science programme has led the United States into the history books as the first nation to fly spacecraft into orbit or to flyby every significant planet...
