May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... these resources is about to become feasible). But one thing remains clear: any unilateral legislation for the regulation of the exploitation of outer space resources lacks the respective jurisdiction of a state. It is therefore null and void. About...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... the device and the extra weight present at launch. Then there is passivation. Satellites are required by international regulations to permanently deplete or in some way make safe all forms of stored energy — both propulsive and electrical — in order...
August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
... commercial satellites (and to that end commercial CubeSats) were recently removed from the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) list in the US, any component with military origins (some of which seem completely benign) can still...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
...extended property rights into space and is writing new legal regulations for space activity. With the passage of the US commercial... least one space mining company, Planetary Resources. Regulation challenge The Dutch East India company created a class...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... surrounding policy and business case are resolved. Similarly, international norms and policies could be altered to streamline regulations and facilitate the business proposition, but that would not necessarily lead to a technical solution. All three...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... for space operators to work from, and to be licensed and regulated from. We want to grow the UK space sector and to pull...to manage the process will be automation but for that regulation and agreement needs to happen pretty quickly. The UK wants...
