#SpaceWatchGL - No. 118
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SpaceWatch.Global asked experts around the world for their perspectives on the Artemis Accords:
- The Space Law Context of the Artemis Accords (Part 1), By Christopher Johnson
- The Space Law Context of the Artemis Accords (Part 2), By Christopher Johnson
- The Artemis Accords’ Proposed “Safety Zones” On The Moon A Good Start, By Merve Erdem Burger, PhD
- Lunapolitics: NASA Releases More Details About Its Proposed Artemis Accords
- Lunapolitics: Russia’s Roscosmos Signals Openness To US-Proposed Artemis Accords
Over the past weeks, SpaceWatch.Global reported on a number of exciting space & cyber developments throughout the world!
- E2MC Update On Space Financing Rounds In May 2020
- Japan’s New Space Domain Mission Unit And Security In The Indo-Pacific Region
- Moon Junk – Responsible Management Of Lunar Orbital Debris
- Russia’s Sputnix Inks Deal With Mitsui & Co To Supply Satellite Components
- Japan Stands Up Its First Military Space Operations Squadron
- Skyrora Completes The UK’s First Complete Ground Rocket Test in 50 Years, In Scotland
- Thales Alenia Space Wins Two Contracts From ESA To Study Future Upgrades Of EGNOS
- India To Open Up Space To The Private Sector
- UNOOSA Launches Second Edition Of Space4Youth Competition
- Airbus Wins ESA Contract To Construct Third European Service Module For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
- UK Commits New Funding To Combat Space Debris
A Pandemic In Space – Are We Ready?
By Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University, Australia, and David Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University, Canada For over four months, we have been in the grip of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), which has spread to virtually every continent on Earth. Despite the best efforts of governments and people around the world, the …
NewSpace Entrepreneurship In The United States
By Jeff Krukin At the end of the first Terminator movie, a young boy says, “There’s a storm coming.” This comes to mind for two reasons: First, in my talks both to and about NewSpace entrepreneurs, I sometimes refer to them as Terminators because, like that almost unstoppable menace in …
A New Survey Seeks The Input Of Global Experts On Space Norms
By Jessica West and Gilles Doucet When we consider the norms that govern human use of outer space from the perspective of space security, we face some serious questions. How do we think that this body of rules and accepted behaviours and attitudes—this normative landscape—can be strengthened and extended to …
It’s Time For Space Optimism – Space Is Hiring!
By Raphael Roettgen COVID. Recession. Prominent space company failures like OneWeb, Sky & Space Global, Speedcast, and Intelsat – to name just the widely publicized ones… Enough of the daily overdose of bad news. It is time for a defiant and upbeat message. After all, defiance in the face of …
Taking Action! A Dialogue on Space Protection
By Luca Ike, Corvin Illgner, Chiara Moenter and Lise Selles What do you see when you look up into the sky? Is your heart filled with wonder and excitement? Do you think about what humanity is capable of? Or are you reminded of how vast the universe is? When we …