June 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...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...as competition increases for capital and private investment, it could be argued that recent innovation in state-based space activity is driven by the private sector’s need for efficient, safe and timely launch facilities. Innovation and technological...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... Galileo, Europe continues to move along this path. It is right to be aware of the dual military and civil character of space activities - and Europe’s approach is right in this regard. It is necessary to take stock of the evolution and even the...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... a pressing one. Because of this, future and peaceful space exploration is especially important, as is the provision of long-term space activities in ‘polluted’ near-Earth space, which concerns the entire international community. Asteroids and comets...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... to launch’ I would place the EU-initiated Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities, a voluntary set of measures designed to promote the safety, security and sustainability of space activity. Some readers may be aware that this proposed Code was...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
..., and we expect even more interest for using the China Space Station and the Dream Chaser. Through these projects we facilitate developing countries’ access to a range of space activities. Partnerships, such as the United Nations Dream Chaser mission...
