July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... that have comparable contingent liabilities.” Launch bottlenecks It is clear from the limitations outlined above that, without legislative action, the UK regulatory framework in place before March 2018 was not adequately equipped to deal with small...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... remote sensing licenses, the number denied, reasons for denial and other information generally designed to give legislators an analysis of the efficiency of the current system. Next, the Act retitled the ‘Office of Space Commercialization’, housed...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... mind that mining companies are already beginning to invest in programmes for future space resources extraction new legislation is long overdue. These new endeavours represent high-risk investment and companies actively developing technologies which...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... so how much more challenging will it be to safeguard remote lunar regions? Therefore there needs to be some financial as well as legislative incentive for prospective Moon-based organisations to comply with any space regulation. This could stem from...
June 2020
Building a digital democracy in a planetary pandemic
...faith and some trial and error. We’ve reached a point where legislation is being debated, modified and passed according to procedures that work... moved forward with judiciary rules, citizenship legislation and the framework for Asgardia’s currency and...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
...work to save the day. Thus, when I confront the legislative and political barriers to their independent participation in opening the space ...the space frontier. Global space policy experts and legislative bodies are working diligently to try to align ...
