March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
... codification and implementation of TCBMs in international relations, bearing in mind that they should be agreed through inclusive and consensus-based multilateral negotiations to be conducted within the framework of the UN without specific deadlines...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
...as an aside during normal weather forecasts when there is a noteworthy solar or auroral event to provide a hook; through inclusion in school education (noting that space weather is a great way to illustrate parts of basic physics education). One very...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... no ‘loophole’ that allows individuals to claim ownership of celestial bodies because Article II only addresses nations. [8] The inclusion of the term ‘by any other means’ at the end of Article II precludes an ‘end around’ whereby citizens of nations...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... possibility of China cooperating with other nations in space station operations presents a new-found opportunity Planetary exploration, inclusive of orbiting space stations and missions to the Moon, asteroids and Mars, are the way of the future...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... of the MPL, the “maximum liability insurance available on the world market at a reasonable cost”, or US$500 million. This inclusion of the maximum liability insurance can be seen as an incentive by private firms, because it gives the assurance that...
October 2016
The dwarf galaxy problem
... ‘dark matter only’ and so don’t take into account normal atomic matter, but even after the inclusion of these components into the simulation, the problem has largely persisted. In regards to optical surveys, we may simply...
