March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... license to mine an asteroid. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Commercial Space (AST) does provide ‘payload reviews’ for objects to be launched into space by US carriers but FAA’s jurisdiction is limited to ‘launch’ and ‘re-entry...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... and entrepreneurs - consisting of close to 80 representatives from 43 different space and non-space organisations to witness first-hand the emergence of the commercial space sector and Disrupt Space’s role as the global hub for these activities. The...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...planet (lower photo). Building a cooperative framework This is where the proposed new space legal system and cooperative agreement among space agencies and commercial space companies comes into play. It is the author’s opinion that a new entity, such...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... from a ‘nice-to-have’ concept to a nascent commercial offering. However, in common with all space activities, it comes with an inherent risk that must be mitigated; thus, one of the commercial space industry’s main mitigation measures is insurance...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... environment is increasingly “Congested, Contested and Competitive”. Although it was always recognised that commercial space activities contributed to the “three Cs”, the implicit focus from a US military perspective has always been on the extent...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
...matter appear to be in the distant future from a commercial space perspective. In-space communication networks The Moon allows for the consolidation of space infrastructure at a fixed point in space As deep space becomes more prevalent and additional...
