https://spacewatch.global/tag/outer-space-institute/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:38:59 +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/outer-space-institute/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/unoosa-2025-policy-makes-possibilities-protecting-the-dark-and-quiet-sky-with-prof-aaron-boley/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69810 In this Space Café Clip, Kelly Soverns, Field Reporter at SpaceWatch.Global, speaks with Prof. Aaron Boley of the University of British Columbia, Co-Director of the Outer Space Institute, and a leading voice within the International Astronomical Union’s CPS Policy Hub, during the UNOOSA Dark and Quiet Skies Workshop in Vienna.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/space-cafe-radio-with-prof-michael-byers/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68184 In this episode of Space Café Radio, Torsten Kriening sit down with Professor Michael Byers, co-director of the Outer Space Institute in Vancouver, to discuss pressing issues in space governance. Recorded at a scenic street café in Berlin, Michael  sheds light on the potential future crisis in Earth's orbit, comparing it to the current plastic crisis in our oceans. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-michael-byers-about-reducing-risks-from-uncontrolled-reentries-of-rocket-bodies/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 09:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45820 Our Space Café “33 minutes with Michael Byers” about the International open letter "Reducing risks from uncontrolled reentries of rocket bodies and other space objects" took place on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023. Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-michael-byers-on-the-3rd-of-january-2023/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45574 On December 19, the Outer Space Institute published an International Open Letter on Reducing Risks from Uncontrolled Reentries of Rocket Bodies. The letter was signed by nearly 200 leading experts, including former astronauts, foreign ministers, heads of space agencies, a Nobel Prize winner, and a recently retired Chief Scientist of NASA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/outer-space-institute-publishes-open-letter-on-uncontrolled-reentries/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45587 The Outer Space Institute (OSI) has published the International Open Letter on Reducing Risks from Uncontrolled Reentries of Rocket Bodies, the third international open letter that the OSI has developed and released. The Open Letter calls on governments to negotiate a multilateral agreement requiring controlled reentries and, in the meantime, demonstrate leadership by immediately and unilaterally committing to national controlled reentry regimes.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/space-cafe-moribas-vox-populi-10-on-what-evidence-constitutes-harmful-interference-in-space/ Sun, 10 Apr 2022 18:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40394 In this session of Space Cafè “Moriba’s Vox Populi 10” Dr. Moriba Jah talked about What evidence constitutes harmful interference in space? with Michael Byers, Co-Director of The Outer Space Institute, Holger Krag, Head of the Space Safety Programme Office at ESA, Jinyuan Su, Professor at Wuhan University]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-recap-is-arms-control-rocket-science/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39624 During the fifth Space Café Canada event, host Jessica West of Project Ploughshares sat down with Paul Meyer, a global expert on arms control and diplomacy in outer space, to discuss why efforts to agree to restrictions on the use of weapons and other military restraints has been so difficult.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-recap-anti-satellite-weapon-testing-and-the-crisis-of-space-debris/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37780 During the fourth Space Café Canada event, host Jessica West of Project Ploughshares sat down with astronomer Aaron Boley and legal expert Michael Byers, Co-Directors of the Outer Space Institute at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Aaron Boley holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy at UBC. His research explores a wide range of topics, ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-moribas-vox-populi-on-9-december-2021/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 08:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37589 In honour of this sacred experience and all of you who know me and have enrolled in this global vision, I, Moriba Jah have partnered with SpaceWatch.Global to run an exciting Space Café series: Moriba’s Vox Populi (Latin for “the people’s voice”) where I intend to choose topics of relevance to space safety, security, and sustainability]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-on-3-december-2021/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37446&preview=true&preview_id=37446 This Space Café Canada will feature astronomer Aaron Boley and legal expert Michael Byers, Co-Directors of the Outer Space Institute at the University of British Columbia, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Collision course: anti-satellite weapon testing and the crisis of space debris]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/space-cafe-webtalk-with-michael-byers-preventing-a-debris-crisis-why-diplomacy-has-never-been-so-important/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36402 During this week’s SpaceCafé, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening caught up with leading global politics and international law expert from the University of British Columbia’s Department of Political Science and co-director of the Outer Space Institute, Professor Michael Byers on the urgent need for countries to agree to ban anti-satellite weapons tests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-michael-byers-on-12-october-2021/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36204&preview=true&preview_id=36204 This Space Café WebTalk will feature Michael Byers, co-director of the Outer Space Institute (OSI), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Outer Space Institute’s International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti Satellite (ASAT) Testing.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/spacewatchgl-share-outer-space-institutes-international-open-letter-on-kinetic-anti-satellite-asat/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35832 The Outer Space Institute is pleased to publish the International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Testing, the second Open Letter coordinated by the OSI. This letter urges the UN General Assembly to take up consideration of a treaty that would prohibit conducting debris-generating anti-satellite weapon tests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-on-7-may-2021/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:15:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32026 This Space Café Canada will feature Dr. David Kendall, Founding Member at Outer Space Institute, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Does space need more Canada? Canada has a strong past in space, but what is the future?]]>