https://spacewatch.global/tag/1967-outer-space-treaty/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:45:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/1967-outer-space-treaty/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/us-rejects-accusation-of-starlink-endangering-chinas-space-station/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38934 The United States has refuted China’s diplomatic accusation that SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have endangered its crewed space station, in an official note verbale to the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs in Vienna. Beijing issued their note verbale in December to the same UN office.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/spacewatchgl-share-what-sort-of-space-race-should-we-be-pursuing/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37959 SpaceWatch.Global has been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts by Steven Freeland. This is “What Sort of Space “Race” Should We Be Pursuing?”, originally published 15 December 2021 at Australian Institute of International Affairs by Steven Freeland. If a war in space does take place, the devastation would be long-lasting and perhaps irreversible. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/space-cafe-webtalk-recap-prof-stephan-hobe-on-a-future-design-of-the-legal-order-in-space/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28083&preview=true&preview_id=28083 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-a-historic-first-eight-nations-formally-recognize-the-need-to-preserve-heritage-in-space/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27422&preview=true&preview_id=27422 On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight nations – Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States – announced that they had agreed to 12 Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids, known colloquially as the Artemis Accords.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/open-lunar-foundation-sees-moon-missions-prototyping-earth/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26972&preview=true&preview_id=26972 The accelerating race to the Moon poses challenges to fundamentally redefine social technologies on Earth, Jessy Kate Schingler, Director of Policy and Governance at the Open Lunar Foundation in San Francisco, said in a TED talk today]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/russian-avant-space-plans-to-reach-one-billion-people-with-advertising-in-space/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26296&preview=true&preview_id=26296 Avant Space]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-five-thoughts-on-the-artemis-accords-and-another-one-for-israel/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23165 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-feature-the-space-law-context-of-the-artemis-accords-part-2/ Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22931 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-feature-the-space-law-context-of-the-artemis-accords-part-1/ Wed, 27 May 2020 11:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22929 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. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-global-opinion-a-pandemic-in-space-are-we-ready/ Wed, 20 May 2020 13:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22402 For over four months, we have been in the grip of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), which has spread to virtually every continent on Earth. Despite the best efforts of governments and people around the world, the infections and fatalities, and the economic and social consequences, are expected to linger for years to come.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-artemis-accords-on-bringing-safety-zones-to-the-moon-and-some-expectations/ Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22665 Written by Dr. Merve Erdem Burger

It was reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the Trump administration is working on drafting an international agreement regarding mining on the Moon, to be known as the Artemis Accords]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-nasa-releases-more-details-about-its-proposed-artemis-accords/ Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22647 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-u-s-to-propose-artemis-accords-to-govern-moon-mining-operations/ Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22256 Following the executive order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources signed by President Donald J. Trump on 6 April 2020, it has been reported by Reuters on 5 May 2020 that the United States is drafting principles it proposes can govern mining and other resource extraction operations on the Moon it calls the ‘Artemis Accords’.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-interview-dr-scott-pace-on-the-u-s-space-resources-executive-order/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22023 On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-christopher-johnson-on-how-the-u-s-seeks-to-be-a-pioneer-in-space-resources-norm-development/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21746 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-dimitra-stefoudi-on-how-the-u-s-seeks-cooperation-through-the-outer-space-treaty/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21750 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/another-pyrrhic-victory-the-white-houses-latest-executive-order-on-space-mining/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21872 On 6 April 2020, the White House issued an Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources (EO),]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-alice-gorman-on-how-the-eo-is-a-rejection-of-longstanding-principles/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21736 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-sebastien-moranta-on-the-eo-as-an-america-first-policy/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21739 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-us-space-resources-executive-order-michael-listner-on-the-eos-bottom-up-approach-to-rulemaking/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21722 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>