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...
April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
... world will enable remarkable capabilities to move cargo massively and routinely and will transform the future of space activities. Space elevator proponents must point out and emphasise to both the general public and project managers of visionary...
May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
...digital-transport schedule that will be used by railways, shipping, aviation, highways and space activities on the basis of a universal reference standard ‘IT-calendar’. Graphic illustrating ESA’s ‘Moonlight’ project for which a lunar time ...
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...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
...These confirmed that Houston was well placed to participate in commercial space activities such as aerospace engineering, component/composite development and fabrication, space vehicle assembly, astronaut training, zero-gravity scientific and medical...
