Outer space heritage site protection Missions to and around the Moon are about to burgeon. How to ensure that future space explorers, while making new histories, also undertake appropriate measures to protect sites with historic value? Zhuang Tian • November 14, 2022
Satellites: Our eyes in the battlefield Satellites help us see the Earth from space, when we cannot observe it otherwise. We should give them some credit. Dimitra Stefoudi • April 06, 2022
International Space Regulation: A vital endeavour or a burden on the current international legal system? The ever-present issue of orbital and space debris, future space colonies and mining operations, bring new legal challenges that current international law cannot cope with. Deniz Nikolay Dirisu • November 18, 2021 • 1 comment
Sustainability in space Space is becoming more contested, congested, competitive, and contaminated. How to ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities, so present and future generations can use and explore it indefinitely? Tanja Masson-Zwaan • January 19, 2021 • 2 comments
Artemis Accords: Star Trek or Star Wars? Ownership of space resources is contentious under international space law. Is the move by the US to gather international cooperation on this issue a viable solution? Mini Gupta, Wataru Inagaki, Pallavi Mund, Alif Nurfakhri Muhammad and Scott Schneider • June 04, 2020
Newspace for Global Benefit Finding the balance between international law and international business to enhance the capabilities of young space states for global benefit. Scott Schneider • March 30, 2020
50 years of Space Law: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty The Outer Space Treaty, as it is most commonly known, celebrates this year five decades in existence and offers a reason to reflect on the development of international space law in the past half-century. Dimitra Stefoudi • December 20, 2017 • 1 comment
Jurisdiction in the Moon Village The Moon Village is a trendsetting project involving multiple uses by multiple users. The industry has no way of knowing whose governance they might be swept off to. So it is necessary to clarify rules on jurisdiction allocation in this community. Laura Wanlu Zhang • March 20, 2017
Will the United States rule space resource mining? The USA passed a new law making it legal for US companies to own resources obtained in outer space. Will this lead to a ‘gold rush’ by U.S. companies, or is there hope for an international agreement? Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Bob Richards • December 22, 2015 • 2 comments
