May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
... been solved, but there are always more to solve for the future. For example, in this author’s opinion, none of the terrestrial analogue calendars in use today (of which there are about 40) make practical sense for...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... surge, the pace of innovation is challenging the ability of governments and regulators to keep up. In this thought-provoking opinion piece for ROOM Space Journal, former UK Science Minister and Member of the British Parliament George Freeman ...
March 2016
Time for European visionary goals
... rise above the day-to-day problems. Let’s decide now, it is time! If you would like to submit a short opinion, letter or comment article to ROOM please send it via email to: Clive Simpson, Managing Editor - clive_simpson@room.eu.com.
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
Adelaide will host the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) this September - the biggest conference in the global space community’s annual calendar [1]. Australia, and particularly the state of South Australia, has a long heritage in the space...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
Buzz Aldrin described the surface of Earth’s Moon as “magnificent desolation”. On this surface, battered by sharp and jagged lunar dust lie many oddities, including a golden olive branch, two medals and a mission patch honouring two Soviet ...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... and R Wolfrum (Eds.), Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol. 17 (Koninklijke Brill, 2013), 76. 3 Joint Dissenting Opinion of Judges Al-Khasawneh and Simma, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay), Judgment, ICJ Reports 2010...
