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January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... expects US and allied government spending on space to remain robust in the coming years, driven by a new space race and rising geopolitical tension. A study by the US Defense Innovation Unit, Space Force and Air Force warns that China...internet infrastructure, the development of which is being driven by policy guidance. Many leading Chinese space start-ups are spinoffs from state-owned entities or have significant state heritage from two major ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
..., a new full-spectrum superpower emerged, China, with its own range of satellites to cover these core capacities, starting with the Yaogan series. The proportion of Chinese satellites used for military purposes is estimated at 21 percent. The... first to the Moon after the USSR and USA (1990) and which won the ‘great Asian space race’ against China and India (2007), effectively abandoned its lunar programme for the time being. The...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... estimated value of more than US$100 trillion. New space race Plans to mine the Moon and asteroids are in place, confronting scholars, politicians and space professionals with challenging legal, economic, scientific and ethical ..., a blatant violation of established international law. US space lawyer Michael Listner has warned: “China and Russia will want in. If you have conflicts of law, things start getting dicey and that could lead to legal and...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
When most people think of space, they think of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Apollo programme, Space Shuttle launches, the International Space Station; all high profile human ...standby could help rapidly populate and reconstitute constellations. To support building this small launcher army, ASRA starts a Department of Defense (DoD) Venture Class Launch Services pilot programme modelled on NASA’s and awards...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
...’s Mars 2117 project, and the European Space Agency’s Moon village idea. There are new business opportunities, from Luxembourg’s efforts on asteroid mining to Japanese start-up, Astro Live Experiences, that creates shooting...year over year, from educators and students wanting to pursue understanding and knowledge of the new space race, seeking opportunities and trajectories for involvement as they dream into their college careers and eventual ...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... at what the future may hold for Chinese international space cooperation. In recent years, space has captured the imagination in a way not seen since the original space race of the 1960s. The rush of money and talent... that China would by now have launched three fully-functional space stations? These incredible achievements have brought space into the public domain and, as more people start to pay attention, governments are lining up to create new...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... heard numerous people say that debris mitigation was the next buzz-word to arouse investors in space start-ups), and how to cope with what experts have recently said is the ‘absolute inevitability’... Communications Commission approval. It leads to the creation of at least five start-up ventures aiming to set up a space-based broadcast backbone for blockchains. It is a space race without a real end-goal, leading to the unreasonable use of precious ...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...exposure aside, recent research has demonstrated that long-term space habitation, and the stress caused by being confined to small spaces and separation anxiety, may reactivate certain zoster viruses that cause herpes, shingles... for spacefaring States, and by default are applicable to all actors conducting space activities. For a start, States must explore and use outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, with “due regard to ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... and ideas, the Cold War battle for rocket technology peaked in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. Despite American confidence in its knowledge production and superior liberal capitalist ideas, the Soviet Union achieved...required to accompany any number of avid fans, children and fanatic space enthusiasts through future space progressions. Although some might argue that the Cold War space race is now over (and some might not), the competitive nature...
