August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... many challenges. Among the most important ones are coordinating and leading discussions between the space industry and space law and policy in order to increase Poland’s participation in the international sphere. It must also create conditions for...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
...He was legal advisor to the Australian Defence Space Coordinating Office and chaired inter-departmental and international working groups in respect of strategic space law. His thesis topic for his Master of Laws degree at McGill University was on the...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
.... Dr Langston holds a PhD in the History & Philosophy of Science; a JD with specialisation in Public International Law; an LLM in Air & Space Law; and a Space Studies Certificate in Physical Sciences from the ISU. She is a member of the International...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
.... The satellite servicing industry presents unique challenges, including the fact that current space law forbids a nation from touching the space objects launched by another nation. An international body, possibly financed by a waste disposal tax...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... the auspices of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) means that, even though the space community prides itself on being ‘cohesive’ and ‘all-inclusive’, engineers rarely talk to lawyers...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... of legal action being successful are slim, but there is an argument that could be made, says Chris Johnson, a space law advisor at the Colorado-based pressure group the Secure World Foundation, in an interview with New Scientist. “It’s time...
