May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... debris. First, the principle of non-intervention, as part of general international law, applies to outer space activities in virtue of Article III of the Outer Space Treaty (OST). What is more, according to sentence one of Article VIII of the OST...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... compliance with the provision of planetary protection under Article IX. Importantly, state responsibility for national space activities performed by non-governmental entities (including private research institutes and the private industry sector...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... and expand globally in the coming years. There are serious and feasible plans for a range of proposed space activities, from launching constellations of thousands of small satellites and operation of transportation systems for safe and convenient...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... for successful colonisation. Values and principles Technological advancements and the lowering cost of space activities associated with the Space 2.0 revolution will give rise to novel and unanticipated human rights concerns, existent in an era...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... applications”. By comparison, this proposed definition can be contrasted with the definition of ‘commercial’ space activities in the US National Space Policy, issued in 2010 under the Obama administration: “the term ‘commercial’, for the purposes...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... charged particles. Even if such radiation cannot directly reach humans on Earth, it can harm humans involved in orbital space activities and can also disturb the areas through which high frequency radio communication travels. During a solar...
