30 March 2021
The Value of Science in Space Exploration
... this value should play a foundational role in thinking about space policy, regulation and spaceflight objectives”. Few of us would argue against the importance of space science in gathering knowledge, even for knowledge’s sake (the epistemological...
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...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
.... [Accessed: 16 03 2017]. 2 C. M. E. Utrilla, “Asteroid-COTS: Developing the cislunar economy with private public partnerships,” Space Policy, vol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2017.03.001, 2017. 3 M. I. Malenkov, V. A. Volov, N. K. Guseva...
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...
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...
