March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... clear that the types of resources to be extracted by commercial entities were either a ‘space resource’ (a resource found in space that is not biological in nature) or an ‘asteroid resource’, a ‘space resource found on or within a single asteroid...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... Whitehead (lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) have proposed applying the New Zealand model to space resources, including the Moon. This view of the Moon’s north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... that a more efficient, greener solution will be developed to complete the full sunshade. This is where the use of space resources becomes crucial, and where the sunshade begins to fulfil O’Neill’s vision. The transition from terrestrially-launched...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
..., and provide for the balance of public and commercial interests in the exploration and use of space. The problem of space resource mining as a challenge to the LTS should be a priority, not only for separate states but for the international...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... drawings and testing reports. While this may reduce the profit margin and thus the attractiveness of space resource extraction and utilisation to private companies, we posit that compliance with safety standards, and up-to-date understanding of all...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... risks. Finally, there is the political issue surrounding the contestation of orbital and other space resources by State and non-State actors alike. Earth’s orbital space and the frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum constitute finite natural...
