May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... feasible). But one thing remains clear: any unilateral legislation for the regulation of the exploitation of outer space resources lacks the respective jurisdiction of a state. It is therefore null and void. About the author Stephan Hobe...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...’ are down, but we have the knowledge and technology to engage in designing and building mega-structures in space and to use space resources to sustain our species. ESA lunar colony that might be accomplished with China as a partner. Solar shield...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... the Government of Luxembourg have enacted laws to promote and encourage private space enterprises. The US law goes so far as to provide that companies own the space resources they extract from the Moon and other celestial bodies. US Vice...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
Scientists and engineers are keen to explore our universe, carry out scientific investigations and make use of space resources. In the 60 or so years of robotic exploration of the solar system, this urge has pushed humanity forward and given us, ...
19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
... of Japan’s first concrete action for the development and creation of the space resource industry, with a focus on lunar resources. ispace.inc is a space robotics company based in Japan and is focused on developing miniaturised technology to discover...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
..., full-motion video and images that span much of the electromagnetic spectrum. Planetary Resources is taking its space resource technologies and turning its space telescopes to look at Earth. We will provide new types of information like infrared and...
