March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... our interactions at institutional level with great seriousness, as well as carrying out advanced, inspiring and educational European space activities - rather than engaging in quarrels over details about who has the power in whichever area. There...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... Private entities cannot work outside the international framework of space law. Ultimately, states are responsible for the space activities of their nationals as private space activities are subject to authorisation and continuous supervision, as per...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... to find ways to improve a situation, one first has to know about it and a reliable assessment of the environmental impact of space activities has never been carried out. So one of the first challenges was to establish methods and yardsticks for...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... forth in the present Treaty’. Nothing is said about the essence, scope, boundaries of and requirements for private space activities. However, the said Article VI also stipulates that states shall authorise and continuously supervise non-governmental...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... compliance with the provision of planetary protection under Article IX. Importantly, state responsibility for national space activities performed by non-governmental entities (including private research institutes and the private industry sector...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... team, as well as for the launch industry as a whole. While the public mostly have warm nostalgia for space activities, as highlighted by the Apollo 50th celebrations last summer, they are increasingly unsure of the need for...
