July 2019
Who owns outer space?
.... According to lawyer and scholar, Carol R Buxton, the launch of Sputnik in 1957 sent “waves of alarm through the United States which feared that the Soviets would stake a property claim in the Moon. This prompted the...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
..., and in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the US Department of State. From 2012 to 2016 Brian served as the United States Representative to the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Brian teaches...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
...’s systems – is of key importance. In the 1980s, experts from leading clinics and medical centres in Moscow and the United States held teleconferences in space medicine with the aim of relieving the consequences of the Armenian earthquake and gas...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... individual countries to authorise and supervise this activity. As both Branson’s and Bezos’ activity occurred within the United States, under Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty it fell upon the Federal Aviation Administration (acting under 51 USC...
16 September 2015
From CubeSats to drones – playing catch-up with technology in air and space
... speaking, is incredibly safe. According to officials at the conference, over 700 million people fly over the United States in a given year. In 20 years, that number is set to double. However, an exponentially evolving technology sector is posing new...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
...had already filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States in early April, has auctioned off its main assets, ...a Transitional Services Agreement (TSA) with the United States and accelerating spaceport developments around the country. ...
