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Last week, NASA released "The Artemis Accords: Principles for a Safe, Peaceful and Prosperous Future." The aim of the Artemis program, according to NASA, is to "[L]and the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, heralding in a new era for space exploration and utilization". I read the short, concise document that NASA  published with a great deal of interest, and a number of thoughts about international technology, economics, and politics came to mind.

When we consider the norms that govern human use of outer space from the perspective of space security, we face some serious questions.

By Raphael Roettgen With almost US$550 million of announced space-related financing rounds, May has turned out to be the top space fundraising month so far in 2020. SpaceX, besides launching astronauts to the ISS on Crew Dragon, came in with over US$346 million by itself. The total amount does not …

By Jeff Krukin At the end of the first Terminator movie, a young boy says, “There’s a storm coming.”  This comes to mind for two reasons: First, in my talks both to and about NewSpace entrepreneurs, I sometimes refer to them as Terminators because, like that almost unstoppable menace in …

Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl discussed Space law for the future, including the global status of national space legislation, the regulatory frameworks of the future, security affects, issues of appropriation, the who-can-do it, and the role of Europe.  in this week’s Space Cafe Web Talk, held on 19 May.

As mentioned in Part One of this article, international space law is a modest, open regime, subject to expansion and clarification. At the international multilateral level, various UN treaties on space done after the Outer Space Treaty expand on various articles of that treaty.

On 15 May 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gave the first public presentation of the Artemis Accords, a NASA initiative to develop consistent and effective norms for the Artemis Program lunar missions to be conducted in partnership with space agencies around the world. 

By  Luca Ike, Corvin Illgner, Chiara Moenter and Lise Selles What do you see when you look up into the sky? Is your heart filled with wonder and excitement? Do you think about what humanity is capable of? Or are you reminded of how vast the universe is? When we …

By Narayan Prasad, COO of satsearch This is a position piece produced in collaboration with ground station network provider and satsearch member Leaf Space. Communication is key to the success of any space mission. Establishing and maintaining the right communication systems throughout the lifecycle of a satellite operation begins with Launch and …

COVID. Recession. Prominent space company failures like OneWeb, Sky & Space Global, Speedcast, and Intelsat – to name just the widely publicized ones…