June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... was elected as President serving from 2011-2018. His publications cover articles on commercial space topics, space tourism and, inter alia, a book on Space Marketing (Kluwer, 2000) and an IAA Report on Suborbital Spaceflight (IAA, 2014). His present...
February 2022
A new legal system for space
... of humans in a vehicle built and owned by a non-governmental entity: the drive towards ‘space tourism’ had started. This renewed focus on the commercialisation of space, and the opportunities it presents, got me thinking about the laws that are...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
...be exposed to the Overview Effect of seeing our planet Earth from space, the result would be greatly beneficial. This is the promise of private passenger spaceflight, or pioneering space tourism, which after a decade’s hiatus - since the last private...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
..., retrofit, and servicing, possible active orbital debris removal from LEO, solar power satellites, space mining, planetary defence, space tourism, hypersonic transportation, and commercial activities in protospace (the area above commercial air...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... vehicle assembly, astronaut training, zero-gravity scientific and medical experiments, microsatellite development, and space tourism. In August 2013, Houston’s City Council approved the formal pursuit of a commercial spaceport license from the FAA...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... B330 will have 330 cubic metres (12,000 cu/ ft) of internal space. The craft will support zero-gravity research including scientific missions, manufacturing processes, a destination for space tourism and a craft for missions destined for the Moon...
