May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which itself was established by the UN General Assembly to discuss the scientific and legal aspects of exploring and using outer space to benefit humankind. COPUOS became permanent in 1959, with 24 members. It now...
20 October 2016
Asgardia: The New Space Nation
...US came up with federal law amendments to allow appropriation and legal mining on asteroids. As of 2016, one is wiser in...time there exists the counter argument that a vast body of legal literature as also institutions to draw upon and address these ...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... man-made attacks or threats against space assets. The legal basis for this situation lies in the 1967 Outer Space...abstentions and no opposing votes) has long affirmed that ‘the legal regime applicable to outer space by itself does not guarantee the...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... University in Montreal, Canada, Prof Barry Kellman had observed, “Space is a mess. It is a physical mess [and]... is also a legal mess.” Technology, be it nuclear, space systems or anything else, is important for the well-being of humanity. However...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
... satellites now play a key role in policing the oceans and supporting legal actions. After the capture of the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999, the... vessel activities from the satellite data and their legal compliance, analysts first check that the vessels are...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... of invention. A patent of invention is a legal mechanism of protection that grants exclusive rights to the...order to protect his intellectual property in a world with no legal protection for intellectual assets, he kept the invention to himself, ...
