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July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors.... He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and written more than 600 articles and papers on space...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... gives jurisdiction in relation to a manned space object to the State of registry, while Article IV devolves responsibility for the spacecraft and all persons onboard to the commander. In turn, all... S. (1991), Draft Convention on Manned Space Flight, German Journal of Air and Space Law p.3-8 10 Abeyratne, R. (2004), Space Tourism - Parallel Synergies between Air and Space Law? German Journal of Air and Space Law p.184-202 11 Abeyratne, (n ...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... property by any organisation or private person, unless that organisation is international and governmental. Possibly the most controversial provision of the Moon Agreement is Article 11, which provides that the Moon ... ‘the mankind provisions’ has thus reached an impasse and, according to former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Prof Joanne Gabrynowitz, it is “now primarily a political problem and... therefore, only subject ...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
...in recent centuries has exploration taken the form of personal ventures rather than national enterprises – taking big risks, often with an eye on commercial prizes. And Space is a big risk! It is extremely hostile ...2018 he became the UKSA’s Chief Scientist. He retired in 2020 and continues to advocate on Space and Astronomy matters. He is a visiting Professor with the University of Leicester and a member of ROOM Space Journal’s Editorial Board.
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... climate change as it leads to the displacement of people and communities. In this timely ‘conversational’ article, PJ Blount and Michael Dodge - who both presented papers during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC...law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American ...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
...you are alive today, you have a very real opportunity of travelling to space before you die. But whether you personally fly to space or not, private space travel will have a tremendous effect on all our lives. We are ...entering a new Space Age. We are all participants in the dawning of a space-traveller society here on ...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... influential work, The Human Condition. In this article, engineer and author Guerric de Crombrugghe questions the meaning and value of our current space ambitions to humankind and suggests that we need ... to question our intrinsic motivation: what collective narrative do we want to build around our exploration of the cosmos? My personal opinion is that many answers are to be found outside the worlds of business and engineering: from philosophy and...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... describes it, this multifaceted collection includes quilts that, “commemorate the iconic images from the news; recall personal memories of July 20, 1969; honour all of the Apollo missions; recognise all of the Apollo astronauts...’ factor that comes from all things space! Continuing this edition’s theme of the fine art of fibre artists, please continue reading and discover more in the following article by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro of...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
...scientific knowledge. The collection of the Museum of Space Biology and Medicine contains unique exhibits: equipment and devices for onboard and ground experiments, personal archives of prominent scientists, historical documents, photographs... member. The museum exhibits books, souvenirs, personal belongings, authentic letters and manuscripts, and recreates the home office of one of the founders of space biology and medicine, Vasili Parin. A study...
