July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...to build rather than the definitive last word on the regulation of space activities within the UK The central trunk of international space law is the Outer Space Treaty 1967. That treaty places requirements on individual signatory States to authorise...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... of Adelaide; Member of the UNESCO-EOLSS sub-committee on The Science of Space; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law Committee, International Law Association; and ROOM Editorial Board member. This piece was written...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
.... At that time it was hard to imagine that, just six years later, the idea of a supranational state governed by space law, where political, national and other earthly conflicts can never be brought into play, would become so relevant...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... on the cooperation of States in benefiting from the results of such use. Even though international space law is not, and should not be, in any way disregarded, the adherence to academic discussion does not yield any ...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... a modern understanding of global politics and up-to-date scientific understanding. The agreements are defined in international space law, a multi-level regulatory system centred around a core group of five multilateral agreements collectively known...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... moves forward, it could give birth to new principles and concepts of international space law and perhaps even new space conventions. The first steps to improve space law and regulatory frameworks relate, however, to the need to cope with cosmic...
