October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
...space law which focus on inclusive benefits and interests of all States. Other factors include the inability of UN COPUOS to make States commit to binding legal agreements, even in matters of urgent and pressing concern to the international community...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... also at an international level for regulations through our participation in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).” Considering the size of Spanish space technology companies and the public budgets they receive, the country...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
For aeons, and at this very moment, everything around us is riding along on a huge rocky ‘space station’ biosphere that is planet Earth, an organic planetary experiment of beings. Humanity hurtles through the vastness of space at impossible speeds, ...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... are there. Space is a key piece of the sustainable development puzzle that urgently needs slotting into place. COPUOS seeks to develop space sustainability frameworks Editor’s note: This article is based on a keynote address given by the author...
July 2017
Rapidly evolving space industry needs faster UN response
...between innovation in space technology and regulatory mechanisms will inevitably cause setbacks The future role of the UN COPUOS will be formed during the processes scheduled to play out in forthcoming months. There is the potential to create a solid...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... the first artificial satellite, the UN General Assembly established an ad hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), initially composed of 18 members. The committee was made a permanent body in 1959 with 24 members and now consists...
