May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... the historic interpretation as per Article 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties should be undertaken. In the opinion of this author, such interpretation leaves the result at least vague. It is sure, however, that the activity of taking...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
...Furthermore, it should provide details regarding the background and decisions made by the agency and humanity as a whole. In my opinion, our message as a society should be, “In this new domain, space, we will have to develop a new culture - an ethics...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... to the effect that an interest in cities on Mars is incompatible with taking good care of the natural environment on Earth. An opinion has emerged that colonising Mars means “trashing planet Earth and moving on” (a quotation from a recent discussion...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... reduction in costs which made faster return on investments possible. Shorter lifetimes were also based upon the opinion of NewSpace entrepreneurs that rapidly changing technology was no longer compatible with geostationary satellites, which are...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... trend is towards quick replacements. There is therefore a greater need for regulation to make space safer. In the author’s opinion, the only and the best way to get out of this imbroglio is to give authority to ICAO to make binding...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
...other countries cannot afford to engage. Even though such opinions were on the extreme side of the debate, ...of an international regime on space resource governance. Some of these opinions appeared concerned, some encouraging, but most of them saw the ...
