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This are looking up when it comes to launching things into space from Australia. The rules on what can be launched are currently under review and open for comment.
India, China, the United States and Russia can now precisely target objects in space. But we currently lack appropriate rules and regulations to deal with space weapons.
Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.
In the space beyond Earth’s atmosphere, countries are focusing on nationalist pursuits and ignoring the consequences for the rest of humanity. How can we keep the peace and build a sustainable future?
At the end of the day, the problem is that no-one on Earth wants nuclear waste stored near them, and it’s not safe or cost-effective to blast it into space.
The headquarters of the Australian Space Agency will be in Adelaide. So how did we get to this point? Here are ten essential reads to fill you in.
If the Australian space industry is to grow and create thousands of jobs then we need new policy around satellites to meet the challenges involved.
No country can lay claim to sovereignty over a planet, moon or rocky body. But in the absence of clear laws regulating mining in space, it’s a case of first in, best dressed for resource extraction.
A new name on a few military badges doesn’t imply an escalating arms race.
If Ghana is to fully harness the benefits of space technology, it will need space legislation and regulations.
Those who speak of the inevitability of war in space will fuel a race to the bottom, and see even more energy towards an arms race in space.
Trunp’s new policy could lead to the militarisation of outer space and the beginning of a new space arms race.
The Outer Space Treaty has guided global exploration and use of outer space since 1967. Trump’s ‘Space Force’ may not be a good fit.
China’s space station Tiangong-1 is about to crash back to Earth any day now. It’s out of control too so no one really knows where it will land. So what if it hits you or your house?
No human has been to the moon since 1972. But India, China and Russia would like to change that, and soon.
Future Mars colonists may want to form their own legal system. What would stop them?
Who is responsible for space debris? What laws should apply to humans living on another planet? Who has rights to mine asteroids? The Outer Space Treaty needs an update to address such questions.
The Outer Space Treaty, now 50 years old, has so far never been violated. But things could be about to change.
The rules on armed conflict on Earth are a major source of restraint on military operations. But the rules on the use of weapons in outer space are far from clear. We need to change that.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor (Digital Technology, Security and Governance), Flinders University
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of Kent
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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PhD candidate, School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
