February 2022
A new legal system for space
... currently happening in a vacuum: a vacuum of law and regulation. Once one ventures beyond Earth, there is no criminal law, no civil law, no rule of law - at least in the context of civilian missions - and this presents some interesting problems for...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
..., and spy satellites. Professional communities refer to the civil and military uses of such technologies as ‘dual use... of the original technological drive was military, with civil and commercial applications developed afterwards. The satellite and ...
03 December 2021
NASA selects three companies to develop commercial space stations
... Space. “Blue Origin and Sierra Space are committed to the realisation of our vision of enabling humanity to build civilizations in space while enhancing life here on Earth. The commercialisation of low Earth orbit is an important first step in this...
10 January 2023
Virgin Orbit fails to deliver on first launch from UK
... integrated collaboration from a wide range of partners, including the UK Space Agency, the Royal Air Force, the Civil Aviation Authority, the US Federal Aviation Administration, the National Reconnaissance Office, and more, and demonstrated that...
29 April 2018
Mission to Methone
... for mining is actually a derelict spaceship, a relic of a war between “alien civilizations that have very different ideas about what should be done about emerging civilizations like our own”. The story moves with pace from the...
29 May 2018
Gilmour Space prepares for suborbital hybrid rocket launch
...third quarter of this year, and is working with the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to approve this launch from a ..., and we look forward to working with commercial, civil and defence partners to build a stronger and more vibrant domestic...
