03 January 2021
Space Has No Frontie
... Following the Sputnik era, the volume becomes more subject-oriented with chapters entitled “Reith Lecturer”, “Space Wars” and “The Glory of the Garden” (the 40-acre arboretum adjacent to the telescope). An interesting aside is a commentary on Lovell...
20 February 2019
Trump signs directive to initiate his Space Force
... an increasingly contested domain; organise, train and equip our space war fighters with next-generation capabilities and maximise war fighting capability and advocacy for space while minimising bureaucracy. However, not everyone shares the President...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... protection of their national security interests. This means any attempt to apply the jus in bello principles to a ‘space war’ is fraught with complexity, challenging the overly simplistic assumptions that are often made by commentators when seeking...
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
... also helped us promote the tenet that space doesn’t belong to any one terrestrial nation. Turf wars on Earth have done incalculable damage and served to subjugate entire continents. In a space war there will be no winners. Everybody dies. Asgardia...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...very little intrinsic meaning I have mixed feelings about that narrative of space exploration. As a technology enthusiast, I am delighted – except, of course, for the seemingly inevitable space war. The progress we are making is beyond all hope. Part...
