Angry Birds

The problem of bird strikes – a collision between a bird and an aircraft – is a problem airports and airlines around the world are familiar with. Therefore it has also gained the attention of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Wouter Oude Alink • July 09, 2013 • 3 comments

Space Junk and the Law

Another collision between a satellite and a piece of space debris has occurred. Will states manage to agree on rules to reduce the creation of debris and start cleaning up their mess?

Tanja Masson-Zwaan • May 28, 2013 • 3 comments

Passenger rights in the EU or creative ruling by the CJEU

Regulation 261/2004 was adopted to provide air transport passengers with more rights against airlines in cases of delay and cancellation. This Regulation led to a number of questions and issues which have been ‘solved’ by the CJEU rather creatively.

Wouter Oude Alink • February 12, 2013

Back to the Moon and on to Mars: how to engage the public, youth, and funding

Golden Spike announced plans to offer routine exploration missions to the Moon by 2020. Forty years after the Apollo program ended, private enterprise brings new hope. But it will require a predictable legal framework.

Tanja Masson-Zwaan • December 07, 2012 • 4 comments

Space travel and crime reduction

Images of earth as seen from outer space have given rise to a new awareness which might contribute to the reduction and prevention of crime.

Wim Bonis • October 01, 2012

Will YOU own the next space project?

From private owned launchers to private missions into deep space, governments are no longer the sole promoter of space activities. As crowd funding for small-scale space projects becomes a reality, some legal questions arise

Neta Palkovitz • August 17, 2012 • 7 comments

Pioneers in space, work for lawyers

The conquest of outer space may soon move to the next level. Private entities have the funds, know-how and drive that most States nowadays seem to lack. Additional regulation is needed to complement the UN space treaties concluded in the cold war era.

Tanja Masson-Zwaan • June 22, 2012 • 2 comments

Human spaceflight: from Yuri, to André, to ‘Tom, Dick & Harry’?

Human space flight is as exciting today as it was 51 years ago when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth. With the marketing of private space trips by companies like Space Expedition Curacao, excitement and legal issues have amplified

Tanja Masson-Zwaan • April 10, 2012

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