September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... of celestial bodies – planets, moons, comets, etc - to answer a number of important natural-science questions: what are the laws of formation and development of planets; how life emerged in the Universe and whether it exists beyond Earth; and...
October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... Cloud and the Internet of Things are the top three areas in which companies are scaling up. International law firm Baker McKenzie states that a huge 77 percent of companies have already embarked on their digital transformation journey...
15 February 2022
A new legal system for space
... structure in a world that is digitising,” he says. Beer, a British lawyer based in London and co-founder of Seven Pillars Law, also too on the role of Minister of Justice for Asgardia the Space Nation in 2021. “I became increasingly intrigued by ...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... Interest: A legal framework for protecting the “Common Interest of All Mankind” from Hardinian Tragedy’, Journal of Space Law, Vol. 36, pp. 273 9: For a further discussion on the extent to which life should be expanded and propagated in future extra...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... different legal regimes, aviation law and the law of outer space. Aviation law starts with the premise that...grant them the full protection of rescue and return under international space law. It would seem to be clear, therefore, that irrespective of...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...national activity, space-active states have enacted national space laws to establish a regulatory framework and it is through ...as well as use of space as per their national and international laws. It should also be noted that, prior to launch of the ...
