March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... this issue, under a broad concept known as ‘on-orbit authority’, which would provide for regulatory authority for in-space activities between launch and re-entry that are not covered by existing regimes. The reports required under the...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
...taking part in the exploration and use of outer space, the continuous rise of commercial space activities and related growth of private space ventures. How should global governance of space activities deal with new trends and developments in national...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
...-century but also on the collective path forward into the future. This article highlights space debris, a specific aspect of growth in space activities that affects everyone who derives benefit from the final frontier. It will attempt to elucidate...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... now underway - such as the UNCOPUOS Working Group on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities as well as the InterAgency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and the creation of the IAWN and the SMPAG committees to cope with...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... from LEO and enable exploration of the Moon and beyond, stimulating both the growth and evolution of space activities that would ultimately provide significant benefits to all mankind, such as solar power satellites to provide the global...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
..., reduce carbon dioxide and monitor methane levels. Our third priority is exploration - because exploration is the essence of space activity. When the first satellites were launched 60 years ago they allowed us to look at the universe and explore...
