September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... Galileo, Europe continues to move along this path. It is right to be aware of the dual military and civil character of space activities - and Europe’s approach is right in this regard. It is necessary to take stock of the evolution and even the...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... developing within Australia for more than a decade - that the legislation administered by the department, namely the Space Activities Act 1998 and its subordinate legislation, is not adapted to providing “the right conditions for entrepreneurs and...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
...as Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Continued maintenance of these stations has contributed to the evolution of Australia’s role in international space activities. The 1960s were also defi ned by the Australian government’s ratifi cation of the 1967 Outer...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
...weapons, Woomera Rocket Range was also the hub of space activities in Australia from the 1950s to 1980. Several significant ...New South Wales Woomera Rocket Range was also the hub of space activities in Australia from the 1950s to 1980 One of the world...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... debris. First, the principle of non-intervention, as part of general international law, applies to outer space activities in virtue of Article III of the Outer Space Treaty (OST). What is more, according to sentence one of Article VIII of the OST...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... and expand globally in the coming years. There are serious and feasible plans for a range of proposed space activities, from launching constellations of thousands of small satellites and operation of transportation systems for safe and convenient...
