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New Moral Issues: What Happens When Someone Dies in Space?

Christopher Newman and Nick Caplan 19/01/2022

The question of what to do if someone dies...

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Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers

Frans von der Dunk 23/07/2018

Forty-nine years ago, American astronauts planted a US flag...

US President Donald Trump reacts next to Vice President Mike Pence after signing a national space policy directive during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, June 18, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Leah Millis

Donald Trump’s Space Force and the Dangerous Militarisation of Outer Space

Gbenga Oduntan 28/06/2018

Trump's new policy could lead to the militarisation of...

Considering the Luxembourg law to promote asteroid-mining has been patterned on the US Space Act, is it another face of the ‘audacity of greed’? Credit: rolandoemail/pixabay

Fiat Luxembourg: How a Tiny European Nation Is Leading the Evolution of Space Law

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2017

A new law signals Luxembourg’s intention to persist with...