January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... the original 2018 launch target passed, without the legislative framework in place for launch or infrastructure arriving onsite.... before any vehicles have taken flight. But with the legislative framework in place, a number of horizontal and vertical ...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... this is something that we all have to highlight with the regulators, as well as industry, when we create national space legislation. And we then need to act according to the principles of sustainability. This is the responsibility of the States, but...
20 February 2019
Trump signs directive to initiate his Space Force
... signing of the President's fourth space policy directive. Space Policy Directive-4 calls on the Secretary of Defence to develop a legislative proposal that paves the way forward for the creation of Trump’s Space Force. Initially touted to be its...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... 59/115); on enhancing the practice of registering objects launched into space (resolution 62/101); and on national space legislation (resolution 68/74). The space arena has seen a massive surge in activity in recent years. The increasing presence...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... are assigned to crews, their rights and responsibilities, and other aspects of their work are determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation and contracts signed by the cosmonauts. Non-professional cosmonauts can fly to the ISS...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... such as Mars, where COSPAR guidelines are extremely onerous in terms of the level of protection required.15 Such legislation would, however lay an important foundation for projects in the future that sought to permanently alter the characteristics...
