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Space Café WebTalk Recap: Prof. Dr. Ram Jakhu on the need for more space laws

Prof. Ram Jakhu; Photo courtesy of him

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Prof. Dr. Ram S. Jakhu, Acting Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, Montreal, Canada talked about the urgent need for more law and institutions to keep space utilisation sustainable, conflict-free and for the benefit of all nations and people.

He addressed the following three questions:

  • What are the projections for next 10 years for global space activities?
  • What are the challenges in making space utilization sustainable, conflict-free and for the benefit of all?
  • What should be done to meet these challenges and how the suggested solutions should be implemented in practice?

He also answered relevant questions from the audience.

This Space Cafè WebTalk, held on 20 October 2020, was hosted by Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. The Space Cafè WebTalk series is SpaceWatch.Global’s innovative webinar platform featuring global space experts.

The complete video can be seen here:

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