https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-resources/ 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/space-resources/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/spacewatchgl-opinion-confidential-or-shared-the-discovery-of-outer-space-resources-by-the-private-sector/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43188 The Moon Village Association recently created the Benefit Sharing Project to consider the sharing of benefits from the exploration and use of outer space. Following its initial meeting, there was a recommendation that “we should make explicit the need to figure out how to handle commercial confidentiality.”]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-london-with-dr-philip-metzger/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43010 In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Dr. Philip Metzger, planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida. In 2021 he was selected as the Kennedy Space Center’s NASA Scientist/Engineer of the Year for research into the blast effects of lunar landings.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/spacewatchgl-opinion-the-moon-humanitys-second-chance/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42404 While Earth remains engulfed by endless wars, biosphere destruction, and other calamities of biblical proportion, we too, not unlike Don Fabrizio, Tancredi, and Claudia, navigate upheaval again. For us too, this is not an era of change, but a change of era.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-brazil-on-27-may-2022/ Thu, 19 May 2022 16:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41047&preview=true&preview_id=41047 This Space Café Brazil will feature Prof. Daniel Freire e Almeida, coordinator of the postgraduate course in law and space policy and Suyan Cristina Malhadas, researcher in space law, in conversation with Ian Grosner, Correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Brazil. Live from the II Workshop on Space Resources at the Catholic University of Santos.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/the-space-cafe-podcast-044-steven-freeland-rethinking-new-space/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38411 SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 44th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast #044: Steven Freeland: Rethinking New Space. Episode 044 features a special guest Steven Freeland. In this episode, we take a bird's eye view on many things in the New Space scene. Steven Freeland teaches space law and hosts his own show, Space Cafe "Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland". ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-dr-mathias-link-on-23-november-2021/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37158&preview=true&preview_id=37158 This Space Café WebTalk will feature Dr. Mathias Link, Director of European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) and Director for International Affairs & SpaceResources.lu at the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Why Space Resources will be driving the future of space exploration.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/spacewatchgl-interviews-ambassador-misztal-and-professor-freeland-on-uncopuos-working-group-on-space-resources/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35882 https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/japan-fourth-country-in-the-world-to-pass-space-resources-law/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33688&preview=true&preview_id=33688 Japan is the fourth country in the world – after the United States, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates – to have a dedicated law for the exploration and exploitation of space resources. The law provides that Japanese private business operators shall be permitted to engage in the exploration and development of space resources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-column-espi-brief-39-high-altitude-platform-stations-haps-which-perspectives-for-the-space-sector-2/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23597&preview=true&preview_id=23597 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/space-resources-week-2020-postponed-to-19-23-april-2021/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23513 The Luxembourg Space Agency regrettably announced that due to COVID-19, they have decided to postpone the Luxembourg Space Resources Week originally scheduled on October 5-9, 2020 to April 19-23, 2021.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-us-russia-japan-canada-and-european-space-agency-to-hold-lunar-talks-on-9-june/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23301 The heads of the space agencies from the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are scheduled to meet on 9 June 2020 via video conference in order to discuss cooperation on lunar exploration and the International Space Station (ISS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-russia-and-china-mull-lunar-base-cooperation/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23144 Russia and China are currently in talks to pool their resources for joint lunar operations, according to several Russian and international news media sources.]]> 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-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/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/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/luxembourg-joins-the-international-space-exploration-coordination-group/ Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22116 The International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG), which has recently released its annual report, is an international forum for promoting coordinated efforts toward human and robotic space exploration on and around the Moon and Mars.]]> 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.]]>