September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
..., the United States’ government is walking a fine line in avoiding Article II of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 (OST), which banned the appropriation of ‘celestial bodies’. It is true that Article IV of the OST states that ...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... regard this as flying in the face of the Outer Space Treaty. The ‘non-military versus non-aggressive’ debate regarding the... more traditional forms of spaceflight? United States’ military Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft in support of...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... by the Australian government’s ratifi cation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which established international legal principles and guidelines for nations undertaking actions in space. This was followed by the Weapons Research Establishment Satellite...
November 2018
Pole star rising
...July 2017 a draft law on space activity and the national space objects register was published by the government. While enacting a space law is undoubtedly an obligation for Poland as a state party to the Outer Space Treaty, more important is that the...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
.... This model would transpose well into the space environment whereby nations which were liable for damage caused by their space objects, under Article VII of the Outer Space Treaty, could organise and license efforts to decommission the...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... cover ‘innocent parties’ against launch accidents or spacecraft re-entry (with reference to the stipulations of the UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967 & Liability Convention of 1972). Finally, coverage may also be arranged for political risks & Force...
