January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
.... Participants in this race are several private companies and countries including the US, Russia, China, Japan and India, all of whom have diverse interests and goals. Thus, there is potential for geopolitical conflicts, and such...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
... of the original Stanford Torus concept. Beyond some general declarations, the relevant leading countries (Canada, China, India, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and USA) did not publish an ethical code for space but were...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... that can also be applied to problems faced here on our planet. Adhithiyan Neduncheran is an aerospace engineer from India, who is pursuing MSc. in Atmospheric Science and Technology at Sapienza University of Rome and the University of L’Aquila...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... progresses In the context of the new Space Race, countries including the United States, Europe, Russia, China, India, Japan and the UAE are looking at ways of further exploring the deep space environment. But what...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... the Moon are scheduled in the framework of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme, as well as others from India and Russia. The debuts of several new launch vehicles are planned for 2021, including Ariane 6 and...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... 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-2543 ASAT in July 2020 illustrate...
