October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
... data to improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and support civil security. A key objective will be to ensure data continuity from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on board the...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... incurred. Naturally, any potential recourse by the State of Luxembourg to the domestic private operators would be based on the civil law of Luxembourg. However, how does one determine that a State has such an influence, such control over...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... knowledge and technology have risen to their highest levels, we are also at our most vulnerable. Today, human civilization, despite being at its largest and most wealthy, is also exposed to its highest level of existential risk. Ecologist...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... potential for the future. The space community still relies on expendable launch systems that are essentially civil missiles. Indeed, one of the most successful current launchers is Soyuz - the ‘modified missile’ that launched the...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... Charter on Space and Major Disasters. The Charter is activated by an “authorised user” – typically a representative of a national civil protection, rescue or security organisation – but to ensure timely action, the United Nations Office for Outer...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... unknown. But, for the sake of speculation, what if we knew the answer to how many active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations are out there in our galaxy? I’m suggesting, just for a moment, that we pretend we know the answer to N. The...
