January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... the UK and US Governments and private sectors. With technical knowledge and experience of UK and US space policy, gained as lead for Space Operations in the Royal Navy, he left military service to co-found Astraius in 2020, specifically to deliver...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... important step in a larger effort to eventually build a Chinese space station” says Brian Weeden, a space-policy expert at the Secure World Foundation in Washington DC. Plans to construct a space station that is more economically efficient than the...
20 June 2018
Trump officially calls for the creation of US “space force”
...wants to do, they're not going to be able to oppose it." The meeting also saw Trump sign his administration’s third Space Policy Directive, which primarily focuses on managing and monitoring the increasing numbers of satellites in low-Earth orbit and...
04 April 2024
ROOM is media sponsor for international Space Symposium
... from around the world to discuss, address and plan for the future of space. It has become widely known as the premier US space policy and programme forum and is seen as a "must attend" opportunity for information on and interaction among...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... about image and prestige, techno-nationalism, the idea that your space programme is an indicator of your power and technology prowess", says Joan Johnson-Freese, a space policy expert at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. "The...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... in general, broadening the discussion among the vital young base of our sector. Bodies such as the European Space Policy Institute or the Secure World Foundation could increasingly - and more frankly - concern themselves with issues related...
