September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...and led by the Presidency Cabinet, will allow for more effective interaction by the stakeholders related to space activities and provide the space sector with another level of commitment from policy development and investment. At an operational level...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... assets, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) and its crew. Further, they could hinder future space activities through a collision cascade effect known as the Kessler syndrome, whereby debris...
January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
...example, by requiring more shielding or to conduct evasive manoeuvres - and they threaten the long-term benefits of space activities. Interconnected satellite communications networks. Debris removal Today, there are about a million human-made objects...
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...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...tourism. There are, however, difficulties with simply transposing this to space activity. The nature of sovereignty and the apportionment of liability in international space law is fundamentally different to that adopted in aviation law. Additionally...
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...
