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July 2019
Who owns outer space?
...to prospect and ultimately establish outer space mining operations. Nor is it only private companies that hope to commercialise space. In February 2019, a spacecraft launched by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) landed ...launch of Sputnik in 1957 sent “waves of alarm through the United States which feared that the Soviets would stake a property claim in the Moon. This prompted the United States to initiate treaties limiting activities in outer space...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... became home to satellite control systems and launch sites. The anarchy of the international system of space-faring states that compete militarily among themselves exists in space as the tethers of modernity have reached into... not work.” [Neufeld, Cold War - but no war - in space] The political reality of outer space is at odds with the spirit of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty Spacepower has gone from warning and targeting systems in nuclear war...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...two minutes until midnight. The age of computers, cell phones, television, bio-engineering, megacities, space launches and spandex - all the elements of modern life we take for granted - represent only ... celestial bodies, and States shall facilitate and encourage international co-operation in such investigation.’ Article II ‘Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...parallel, the Russian-Chinese draft ‘Treaty on the Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects’ (known as the PPWT) was promoted from 2008 within the Conference on ...population of orbital debris, while the launch of constellations of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of micro and nanosatellites to LEO will increase the density of active space objects that will eventually become orbital...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... of use or occupation, or by any means”, other provisions of the OST, especially Article I, stipulate that “Outer Space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States... Law School in Belgrade, Serbia. After several years of space law research and practice, Milan launched the establishment of the Serbian Space Agency; one of the biggest space related projects in Serbia. In 2018, he initiated the ...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
...potentially dangerous asteroids (Solar System) and space debris (near-Earth space). The software used on MASTER telescopes allows for automatic monitoring of near-Earth and outer space at all the observatories that use MASTER ... m diameter is the most reasonable ambition to strive for. We have therefore developed and are ready to launch the production of a third-generation robotic telescope MASTER III. These telescopes can be created within two to ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...international community. The UN General Assembly, in its first resolution on outer space, adopted on 13 December 1958, expressed the common aim to use outer space only for peaceful purposes, to avoid the extension of present national ... into this new field, and to promote energetically the fullest exploration and exploitation of outer space for the benefit of humankind. These principles were elaborated in succeeding resolutions that became ...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... of Monte Carlo simulations of the long-term evolution of the orbital debris population in LEO. Number of launches per year is assumed to be about constant. ‘PMD’ refers to Post Mission Disposal - 90 per ...GGE) to conduct a study on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBMs) in outer space was included in General Assembly Resolution 65/68 on TCBMs in outer space activities. And for the first time in many years, the USA agreed to support...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...architecture and design in the next human space exploration programmes. The launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship on 30 May 2020 showed that space architecture and design already drive the private space industry. SpaceX wanted a voyage in... recognised and supported by ESA. She has chaired international symposia and workshops on design for outer space and has written books and published numerous papers in scientific journals. She has been the ...
