July 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
...international pressure, multiple rounds of sanctions, and years of diplomatic negotiations. That is also why it is likely that the United States and its allies will face increasingly sophisticated ballistic missiles in the near future. This will only...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... any resource they are able to remove from an asteroid. In seeking to facilitate a pro-growth environment in space, the United States’ government is walking a fine line in avoiding Article II of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 (OST), which banned the...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
...responsive space The solution is linked to a concept known as ‘Operationally Responsive Space’ (ORS). The new Secretary of the United States Air Force (USAF) favours the reinvigoration of the ORS Office [10]. Australia has a lot to offer. In the past...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
... by IBMP in cooperation with NASA and other partner organisations, as well as researchers and specialists from the United States, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Japan. The SIRIUS Chief Project Manager, Dr Mark...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... and of the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects by the United States and other allied States. In the meantime, the intentional destruction of a State’s own satellite(s) in space has emerged as a means of showcasing military space power...
29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
... of about 41.5 degrees. During this period, Starlink satellites launched by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of the United States of America have had two close encounters with the China Space Station. For safety reasons, the ...
