August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
...Russian-built Soyuz rocket from the French and European spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre in December 2020. AI revolution in space Space activities could ultimately be carried out by avatar-robots controlled by humans on Earth or in orbit around the...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... the best way to get out of this imbroglio is to give authority to ICAO to make binding regulations for commercial space activities. About the author Dr Sanat Kaul worked in India’s administrative service in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and was...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... with other appropriate international, regional and local institutions and the private sector. Every aspect of each space activity or space-related issue need not be regulated by binding international treaties, but it is equally true that every such...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
...being addressed through the EU International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities.5 National and international treaties and intelligence sharing, such as the Space Situational Awareness Programme, must be improved as it forms a central backbone...
December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... rocket fuel, or using energy from laser rays to move rockets. In Russia the concept of ‘green’ technologies for space activity and a ‘green’ strategy of development for the Moon have been proposed.11 But their implementation is complicated by the...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... first satellites or commercial companies adding new capability to a large constellation. In an environment that features commercial space activity like never before, improved engagement with the private sector will be key in enabling the success...
