April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...enhance the lofty but extremely important goals of maintaining the safety, stability, security and sustainability of space activities, as well as maximising the benefits for humanity. The CASSIOPeiA (Constant Aperture, Solid-State, Integrated Orbital...
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 ...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... Treaty of 1967, which was arguably founded upon ideals not being honoured in practice: space activities expected to further mutual cooperation benefiting all humanity have increasingly involved competition and development of military capabilities...
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...
