June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
.... The satellite servicing industry presents unique challenges, including the fact that current space law forbids a nation from touching the space objects launched by another nation. An international body, possibly financed by a waste disposal tax...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... the auspices of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) means that, even though the space community prides itself on being ‘cohesive’ and ‘all-inclusive’, engineers rarely talk to lawyers...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... of legal action being successful are slim, but there is an argument that could be made, says Chris Johnson, a space law advisor at the Colorado-based pressure group the Secure World Foundation, in an interview with New Scientist. “It’s time...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
... drew parallels with the development of the environmental movement and said space sustainability needed a similar multi-faceted approach. International Institute of Space Law (ISSL) President Kae-Uwe Schrogl referred to “out-dated and unenforceable...
12 October 2016
‘Asgardia’ to become the first new Space Nation
...for any damage that occurs internationally and in outer space. The project is creating a new framework for ownership and nationhood in space, which will adapt current outer space laws governing responsibility, private ownership and enterprise so they...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
...He was legal advisor to the Australian Defence Space Coordinating Office and chaired inter-departmental and international working groups in respect of strategic space law. His thesis topic for his Master of Laws degree at McGill University was on the...
