December 2014
A door closes
... a so-called 123 Agreement that allowed for closer cooperation on civil nuclear matters, and just last year they signed a protocol ...this protocol, and US sanctions will put an end to civil nuclear cooperation. At the same time, the Ukraine crisis has...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...Additionally, international conventions have been constructed exclusively with civil aviation and aircraft in mind. It is not... of all international treaties signed under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body responsible for...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... enterprise. We are participants in a brand-new civilization - the space traveller society. Other prominent millionaires...even deeper into black holes, and perhaps heard signals from civilizations on planets in nearby star systems. Someday when we look...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
...Copernicus and Galileo, Europe continues to move along this path. It is right to be aware of the dual military and civil character of space activities - and Europe’s approach is right in this regard. It is necessary to take stock of the evolution and...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... one of the greatest catastrophes of modern times. Asteroids and comets present a silent and serious danger to our civilization because at any point they may bring a catastrophe ranging from something local to one on a global scale. To be acceptable...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
...DigitalGlobe) with a 30 cm resolution - at least for civil applications. This craving for space-based images is one of...’ database there were, on 31 December 2016, over 290 civil remote sensing satellites in orbit around Earth, plus an additional ...
