March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... debris created through launch activities. ESA visualisation of active debris removal (ADR) in space Furthermore, the guidelines have been codified into space law of at least one country, France, and have been incorporated into the standard practice...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... or aggregating the scientific knowledge required to better inform space law, policy, or how space insurance companies underwrite insurance policies for things in space. There is no organisation or consortium working on establishing a holistic...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
.... It is dangerous to bring our ancient and very real earthly squabbles to space, and international space law must not become a ‘rule of force’ in our earthly understanding. The right to space and its resources must belong to our entire small world...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
..., the present implementation of the international legal framework for outer space makes it highly unlikely that private satellite operators would be made... Uses of Outer Space. Brian teaches Space Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... the lessons from terrestrial industries before a catastrophic and expensive disaster in space occurs. About the authors Christopher Newman is Professor of Space Law & Policy at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has been active...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
...stations has contributed to the evolution of Australia’s role in international space activities. The 1960s were also defi ned by the Australian government... ambitions include international law with a particular interest in international space law.
