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Activities in space today are far more numerous and complicated compared to 1967, before humans had landed on the moon or Elon Musk had been born. Two experts explain the need for better laws to keep space peaceful.
Russia destroyed one of its old satellites during a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon. A space security expert explains what this weapon was and the dangers of the expanding debris field.
As the space race is resumed, and expanded to include private corporations, it is more important than ever to lay the groundwork for peaceful collaboration.
Australia is playing a major role in developing legal guidelines that would govern how any war in space is played out. The authors of MILAMOS hope the manual is never actually required.
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives; Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University
