July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...point for discussions with partners: a non-binding text, focused on civil (not security or pure commercial) space operations, that would apply...provide a few requirements here, but too many civil space programmes around the world are opaque and ...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... one or more runways, hangar buildings, air traffic control centres) operate under the regulatory authority of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and are subject to established international safety and operational regulations and procedures. These...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... certainly be the first utilised due to Apollo-era knowledge of lunar resources and current international efforts, led by civil space agencies, to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon. For the sunshade, viable lunar resources include...
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...
