28 May 2016
Igor Ashurbeyli proposes armed space platform to defend planet Earth - URBOCOP
... for a world of 8 billion people and as we move into a new era of space exploitation and exploration we will need steadfast and robust laws and treaties – much like the laws we already have governing our oceans and land masses.” The full text of Igor...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... substantively important sense within current mandates. An ADR mission to remove a European remote sensing satellite from orbit. Law and politics I agree with the view that engaging the problem almost exclusively in terms of decades or longer might...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
...writer & researcher in Brisbane, Australia, who covers topics relating to science, economics, culture and law. She has degrees in law and physics and has written for magazines, radio and broadcast documentaries. She was recently the ‘in-house’ writer...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
.... About the author Prof Dr Ram S Jakhu is Associate Professor and former Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Center for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is also Project Director of the...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... output from a large conventional power station. About the authors Anne-Sophie Martin is a visiting researcher in International Law and Space Law, Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council (ISGI-CNR), Rome, Italy. She...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty’. States typically respond to this obligation through national regulations, laws and licensing regimes. The space resources provisions in the US Act did not establish any elements of this regulatory...
