Public Law Starlink: a service or a weapon? Starlink connects the world, yet its use in armed conflicts blurs the line between civil and military use. When does a commercial network become a legitimate military target, and at what cost? Yali Shani • 22-06-2026
Public Law Commercial space industry: the new guardian of space sustainability Commercial space companies often make headlines for their technological advances and mission success. Beyond their technical achievements, they also actively engage in the governance of space activities. Zhuang Tian • 12-04-2024
Public Law 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 • 14-11-2022
Interdisciplinary Study of the Law 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 • 06-04-2022
Public Law 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 • 18-11-2021
Public Law 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 • 19-01-2021
Public Law 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 + 4 others • 04-06-2020
Public Law 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 • 30-03-2020
Interdisciplinary Study of the Law 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 • 10-04-2012
