May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... applications - communications, broadcasting, weather forecasting, navigation, medicine, security and remote sensing - to embrace space tourism, space mining, space-based solar power, and the future settlement on the Moon and Mars. Along with this...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
..., in the relatively short term, many more humans will have the opportunity to go into space through the development of a commercial space ‘tourism’ industry, these risks translate not only to the problems associated with the destruction of important...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... spaceflight was actually with Virgin Galactic and suborbital space tourism. More broadly, I think the most important ...of years ago. Every one of us has talked about using space and space exploration to make life better for humans here on the planet ...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
... in the drafting of the UN, EU and COSPAR documents. In addition, some private economic entities (e.g. space industry, space tourism companies) have published what is more of a ‘code of professional responsibility’ than a specific ethical code...
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...
