April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... connections from the sky or space - dubbed ‘sky-fi’ - bring with them both technical and political challenges, the latter including adapting laws and regulations among countries. Right now, very little regulation exists to govern this new...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
... niche to the technosphere outside the biosphere will ensure, for the latter, preservation and development according to the laws and directions formed over billions of years of evolution, as well as the harmonious interaction of the community...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), helping prevent territorial appropriation of the Moon and promoting international cooperation. It also aligns well with recent laws and initiatives promoting the commercial use of space, such as the Artemis Accords...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
...-themed conference organised by the Portuguese Space Agency this summer there was much discussion about space law and its role in the context of supporting space sustainability. It’s a complex area fraught with difficulties at an international level...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... congressional discourse, annual budgets, fictional representations, the narratives promoted by leading commercial space companies, space law and social media, to tease apart answers to the questions posed above. Sometimes this story is full of love...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... see celestial bodies as interconnected with life on Earth. She also reflects on the ironic relationship between space law and masculine power structures that have historically dictated lunar exploration, underscoring the increasing role of private...
