February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
As Douglas Adams notes in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, “Space is big. Really big.” Although humanity’s space aspirations may be great, most of our space activities in the short term are going to take place in the relatively tiny near-Earth ...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... environment is increasingly “Congested, Contested and Competitive”. Although it was always recognised that commercial space activities contributed to the “three Cs”, the implicit focus from a US military perspective has always been on the extent...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... the realm of small satellite manufacturing, launch and service provision. To meet the demand for this broadening space activity, whether it be powering robotic miners on the Moon or monitoring peat bogs in the Highlands of Scotland, the sector needs...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
... isolation and lack of privacy. Conflict is a part of human existence and both polar exploration and human space activity have demonstrated that long duration missions of exploration are no exception, even when underpinned with training. Domestic...
15 May 2024
Lisbon summit calls for urgent action on space threats
... operations and services.Her stark warning was delivered in an opening address to the ‘Management & Sustainability of Outer Space Activities' conference a precurser to the UN's Summit of the Future in New York later this year. UN Secretary General...
October 2023
Slovenia’s footprint in space
..., with the participation of both industry and research institutions. The number and quality of subjects actively engaged in space activities has been constantly increasing over the last decade and this has led to the emergence of diverse ...
