September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... Recreational spaceflight This discussion has only sought to address two of the more discussed legal elements of human space activity. There are still issues of how to classify and register truly hybrid craft such as single-stage-to-orbit...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... the best way to get out of this imbroglio is to give authority to ICAO to make binding regulations for commercial space activities. About the author Dr Sanat Kaul worked in India’s administrative service in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and was...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... with other appropriate international, regional and local institutions and the private sector. Every aspect of each space activity or space-related issue need not be regulated by binding international treaties, but it is equally true that every such...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
...being addressed through the EU International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities.5 National and international treaties and intelligence sharing, such as the Space Situational Awareness Programme, must be improved as it forms a central backbone...
December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... rocket fuel, or using energy from laser rays to move rockets. In Russia the concept of ‘green’ technologies for space activity and a ‘green’ strategy of development for the Moon have been proposed.11 But their implementation is complicated by the...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... 29-31 May 2014: Having brought together over 120 experts from 22 countries (space-faring and non-space faring nations) involved in various aspects of space activity and regulation; Having served as an objective venue for the conduct of international...
