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 ...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
.... Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time, he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
...seized both. The US then successfully instituted civil forfeiture procedures against the Moon rock and accompanying...Legal Parallax, LLC, a legal consultancy firm. He is a seasoned civil and criminal defence litigator, with an LL.M in space law and is ...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
.... The ESD TA positions have been filled by Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level/Scientific or Professional (ST/SL) civil service personnel who retained independence because their reporting paths and performance reviews are all within...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... to include horizontal launch craft that mimic aircraft that use airspace. It is not intending to replace the existing Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulatory framework for these craft, rather it will augment the regulation of airspace up to the...
