September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... Galileo, Europe continues to move along this path. It is right to be aware of the dual military and civil character of space activities - and Europe’s approach is right in this regard. It is necessary to take stock of the evolution and even the...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... a pressing one. Because of this, future and peaceful space exploration is especially important, as is the provision of long-term space activities in ‘polluted’ near-Earth space, which concerns the entire international community. Asteroids and comets...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... to launch’ I would place the EU-initiated Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities, a voluntary set of measures designed to promote the safety, security and sustainability of space activity. Some readers may be aware that this proposed Code was...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
..., and we expect even more interest for using the China Space Station and the Dream Chaser. Through these projects we facilitate developing countries’ access to a range of space activities. Partnerships, such as the United Nations Dream Chaser mission...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...witnessing is not only retraction from the further development of highly needed international rules to facilitate and regulate space activities, but also the weakening or abandoning of the international institutions that remained, until the mid-1970s...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... platforms, data analytics tools and subscriptions via the Internet. Space nations 2015 was a record year for venture capital investment in space. Whether they are veterans in space activities (China or India) or newcomers deciding to have their own...
