January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
...the international community does not reach agreement within the very near future on the important issues of global space governance - particularly those addressed above - then humanity will be unable to fully assure its sustainability on planet Earth...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...the same as fishing in the open seas of international waters. This type of uncertainty in the world of global space governance - such as who can undertake space mining and under what terms - is but one example of why international agreement is needed...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... focus on three key themes: facilitating global space governance, promoting the global space economy and advancing global space interests. With a growing number of participants, including emerging space nations, and increasing commercialisation, the...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
.... There should be a specialised agency of the UN charged with the task of expanding and strengthening the global space governance framework It is difficult to highlight or present a single event or even a chain of events that started a trend towards...
08 September 2016
Close encounters of the asteroid kind: 2016 RB1 passes remarkably close to Earth
... of projects aimed at developing a viable planetary defence strategy have been suggested and implemented, including the Global Space Governance Study, the Planetary Safeguard System, and URBOCOP – Universal Robotic Battle Cosmic Platform, the latter...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... legal and regulatory status of such undertakings. These efforts include the McGill University Air and Space Law Institute ‘Global Space Governance Study’ that devotes a chapter to this topic. From a practical rather than a legal viewpoint it would...
