June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...IGS), pairs of optical and radar satellites. There is there is merit in finding ways of de-escalation, especially through continuing legal work of the United Nations to keep weapons out of space Under reforming minister Takeo Kawamura, navigation and...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
...abstain’. Asgardia’s CEC, under the chairmanship of chief legal adviser Markus Gronbach, reviewed the Counting Commission’s report... Lena De Winne, Prime Minister, Markus Gronbach, Senior Legal Advisor to the Head of Nation, and Saltanat Shalakhmetova,...
04 February 2018
The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space Activities
... lunar water resources in the offing, a book on the legal aspects of property is timely. The subject of who owns ...paradigm is shifting towards private industry. This is clearly a legal text - as indicated by its formal style, voluminous footnotes and...
14 March 2021
Advanced Introduction to Space Law
... as somewhat turgid and repetitive treatises for the legally-educated cognoscenti. However, the Elgar ‘Advanced Introduction...international law “exclusively and comprehensively space”. Given that legal issues are often decided on a parochial basis, ...
March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
...of the key objectives of Russian diplomacy. The current legal framework in this sphere does not guarantee secure space,...major space capabilities would greatly advance the cause of a legally binding ban. Further efforts to spread this pledge across the...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
...” use. Lengthy licensing procedures and a poorly developed legal base are other major problems that stall the development ... materials. Lengthy licensing procedures and a poorly developed legal base are other major problems that stall the development...
