July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... as a “reference standard for spacefaring nations in guiding compliance with Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty”. Under a later space law treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, States are obliged to share information on “conditions of distress...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... that idealistic but unrealistic proposals for a number of new space treaties and a dramatic new regulatory space regime would not be helpful to today’s space challenges. The objectives of the Global Space Governance study are to identify today’s new...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...operating the invaded facility is also required to be authorised by its state of nationality. From the perspective of the Outer Space Treaty, an invasion against the authorised facilities of a company is the same as an attack on the authorising state...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... its environmental and ethical dimensions. He also critiques the inadequacies of existing space treaties, such as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which lacks clear enforcement mechanisms to prevent the monopolisation of celestial resources. Instead...
February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
... The Declaration of Human Rights and the Outer Space Treaty, which are perhaps the most obvious starting points...what actually constitutes basic human dignity and rights yet the Outer Space Treaty does not attempt to describe what the ‘benefit of all ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... they form the framework and the primary system of global space governance. The foundational agreement of the system is the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which is the most adhered to space treaty. More importantly, it contains several principles that have...
