A Robot Tried to Save a NASA Telescope. US Law Still Has No Box for What It Was Doing
Katalyst's attempt to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory was called off in August. It had every licence US law asks for,…
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Argued positions on where space governance is going and where it is stuck. Signed opinion, clearly labelled as such.
The US Says It Has Weapons in Orbit. The Treaty Probably Allows It, and That Is the Problem
Washington has confirmed on-orbit space control weapons. Article IV bans weapons of mass destruction in orbit, not conventional ones, and the peaceful…
Space Traffic Management Still Has No Referee
When two satellites are heading for the same point in space, no authority anywhere can require either to move. Funding TraCSS does…
Opinion13 min read
13 min
A Robot Tried to Save a NASA Telescope. US Law Still Has No Box for What It Was Doing
Katalyst's attempt to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory was called off in August. It had every licence US law asks for, and none for the…
Opinion15 min read
15 min
The US Says It Has Weapons in Orbit. The Treaty Probably Allows It, and That Is the Problem
Washington has confirmed on-orbit space control weapons. Article IV bans weapons of mass destruction in orbit, not conventional ones, and the peaceful purposes clause everyone is…
Opinion7 min read
7 min
Space Traffic Management Still Has No Referee
When two satellites are heading for the same point in space, no authority anywhere can require either to move. Funding TraCSS does not fix that, because…