May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
We use the term satellites every day, but what does this word really mean? The first use of the term satellites goes back to the discovery of the telescope and Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter. He needed a name to describe these small ...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
Although the technical details of trade relations are a mystery to most people, everyone recognises the need for regulation of trading mechanisms here on Earth. But what do we do when it comes to trade between Earth and Mars? In common with ...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... new space debris remediation technology and its financing. The question is: can ICAO manage to make sustainable regulation for commercial space or do we need a new space management organisation? The International Civil Aviation Organisation has made...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...been augmented with various other international treaties [12] and would seem to offer a ready-made solution to the regulation of space tourism. There are, however, difficulties with simply transposing this to space activity. The nature of sovereignty...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... moratoria on anti-satellite (ASAT) tests and they should be extended and also become binding. Space debris regulation It is important to realise that we do not have, but need a comprehensive and binding framework for orbital debris mitigation...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
...designed to fit within and be a part of the surrounding desert landscape. Private firms could see non-regulation of space activities (or certain parts of a space activity) as beneficial as it may lower administrative, technical, and financial burdens...
