May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
... Supporting the growth of Australia’s space industry Leading international civil space engagement Administering space activity legislation Inspiring the Australian community. Focus on industry development There are opportunities for all Australians...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... system, under the aegis of a project codenamed Mission Shakti. Recent attempts Some countries have introduced national legislation leading to the implementation of the IADC guidelines through national regulations, but many others have not even...
January 2020
A year of consolidation and expansion
...freewheeling discussions are much more effective at delivering a high quality legislative results - a sign of the maturing nature of the ...response so it makes its way further along the legislative agenda. All the other committees had their say too...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
...) or a burdened taxpayer cost of about US$20 million (order of magnitude) either, a sum which dwarfed the US$2 million for the legislation that created the Space Commission. I will leave it to others to characterise what each of the groups got for...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
..., sometimes to a lesser extent, local community support. Another lesson to be learned from the US is the value of having legislation, rules and regulations already in place. The US launcher companies do not suffer the ambiguity of not knowing if new...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... operational - Astroscale’s LEXI servicer will dock with and provide orbit-keeping and manoeuvring services. When legislation is born out of crisis, government authorities tend to respond in a reactive, often knee-jerk fashion and, should this...
