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 ...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... in private and commercial spaceflight, but financial analysts see a bright and profitable future in space-based commerce. Off-Earth mining, space tourism, and the vast range of services available from commercial satellites are just a few. Clean...
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...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... it comes to living on another planet or back on Earth? Commercial exploitation of space Commercial missions include space transport, space tourism and space mining. While commercial space exploration may seem more trivial than scientific exploration...
