08 September 2016
Close encounters of the asteroid kind: 2016 RB1 passes remarkably close to Earth
... aimed at developing a viable planetary defence strategy have been suggested and implemented, including the Global Space Governance Study, the Planetary Safeguard System, and URBOCOP – Universal Robotic Battle Cosmic Platform, the latter presented...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... enforcement mechanisms to prevent the monopolisation of celestial resources. Instead, he calls for a more inclusive approach to space governance – one that integrates insights from the humanities, Indigenous worldviews and diverse global communities...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
...IX of the OST. One possible future approach for space activities - and perhaps the most likely given the increasing recourse to a broader ‘rules of the road’ methodology for space governance - might be the establishment of transparency and confidence...
01 April 2025
Who Owns Outer Space?
... blessed with a happy ending. Channelling the war in Ukraine, the authors consider “whether the long-stable space governance regime will fracture into two parallel systems, one led by the US and the other by Russia and...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... ethical underpinnings of space governance. He co-edited the book Frontiers of Space Risk on the variety of risks involved in human space activity. He has recently worked with a consortium of space operators reporting to the UK Space Agency regarding...
11 October 2018
Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism: legal and policy aspects
... recognise in their introduction, the “greatest contemporary challenge in space law [which dates largely from the late 1960s] is ... the ‘regulatory responses’ and Part III discusses ‘space governance’. The authors are legal, policy and industry experts...
