June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
.... However, the use of orbital space is constrained by the laws of physics and, for this reason, spacecraft travel along precise... unique challenges, including the fact that current space law forbids a nation from touching the space objects launched...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... assists Member States to put their own space laws into place, helping them launch and register satellites...a year dramatically reduced. Surely, we need more countries to implement similar laws? This is the kind of practical problem that, if we act on,...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... respond proactively? This is one of the key issues addressed by the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law project - the Global Space Governance Study, an interdisciplinary study guided by the Montreal Resolution of May 2013 and...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
... the expansion of the universe? Is dark energy instead a manifestation of a breakdown of General Relativity and deviations from the law of gravity? What is the nature of dark matter and its properties? What are the initial conditions which...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... and diverse crowd from all aspects of the space industry - CubeSat developers, university researchers, space law and finance professionals, quantum software designers, solutions architects, robotics experts and suborbital launch providers to name...
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...
