June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... 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, could...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
...will be the broadest and most diverse international human space exploration program in history, and the Artemis Accords...cover a number of aspects, including registration of space objects, release of scientific data, preserving heritage, ...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... is internationally liable to other States or their nationals for damage caused by a space object of the launching State. Compliance with these international space law principles is imperative not only to maintain international peace and security but...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... would arguably qualify as such distress. Article 5 of the same treaty obliges States with reason to believe that a space object (or its component parts) that has returned to Earth “is of a hazardous or deleterious nature”, and there is an obligation...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... As a result, the decrease in functional loads during a space mission poses a potential danger to the skeleton, and in ...for planning interplanetary missions and human activities on other space objects. BMD losses after such missions do not exceed ...
18 October 2016
Australian Defence space capability gets a boost as it gets ready to launch its Buccaneer CubeSats
... Professor Russell Boyce, Director of UNSW Canberra Space. Along with contributing to UNSW Canberra Space’s research program by looking at ways to more accurately predict the orbits of space objects, Buccaneer will perform calibration experiments for...
