https://spacewatch.global/tag/ben-baseley-walker/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:05:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ben-baseley-walker/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/spacewatchgl-venture-space-august-2024/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=60997 Ask a Venture Capitalist which month is the best one to take a fundraising break, and they’ll tell you: August]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/space-mining-law-passes-luxembourg-takes-effect-august-1-2017/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:15:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5270 On July 13, 2017, Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies passed a law, with near unanimity, regarding the exploration and utilisation of space resources. The new law will enter into force on August 1, 2017. Luxembourg is the first European country to have a legal framework recognising the right to space-based resources that they have extracted in compliance […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/swmethemes-space-mining-next-strategic-investment-gulf-countries/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5116 The second contribution to the #SWMEThemes week on the Middle East and Space Resources is by Ben Baseley-Walker, the Senior Director for Global Engagement for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Planetary Resources. Ben argues that Gulf Arab countries have an opportunity to lead in the coming race to exploit space resources. Ten years ago, space […]]]>