October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... resources for commercial benefit, as evidenced by the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 and the pending Artemis Accords. Likewise, events such as India’s 2019 Shakti anti-satellite test (ASAT) and Russia’s alleged Kosmos...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
.... It also aligns well with recent laws and initiatives promoting the commercial use of space, such as the Artemis Accords. As a voluntary cooperative, membership would be open to anyone. Moreover, the LDC’s revenue model imposes no economic cost...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...) and the Moon Agreement (1976), while the US is promoting a bilateral approach by inviting other nations to sign its Artemis Accords. But these are not the only options. The Lunar Limb. A high forward oblique view...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... most likely prompted by the planned American return to the Moon, the Gateway project and then the Artemis Accords. Unlike the International Space Station (ISS), which was designed and operated by a partnership of the United...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... partners on space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM), and multilateral agreements like the Artemis Accords. Further, US diplomats should work to evolve these policies into norms, with the hope of shaping international...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... to orbit still costs tens of millions of dollars, and launches beyond LEO are limited to occasional multibillion-dollar Artemis missions, serious expansion to the Moon, Mars and beyond will not be possible. In order for the space...
