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• Space Policy and Good Governance
  

  Space Policy and Good Governance

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  Articles             Books                Conferences            Websites

  News               Q & A   
• Interviews
  

  Interviews

  • Governing Outer Space, with Lorna Jean Edmonds URL

    As our civilization moves out into the solar system and beyond, will we be ready to govern ourselves in a way better than we have here on Earth? Today we’re joined at The Star Spot on location at the International Space Development Conference 2015 by space policy thinker and Vice Provost for Global Affairs at Ohio University, Lorna Jean Edmonds, who believes, “those who control the galaxy control the world.”

     (Dr. Edmonds comments are heard at time 9:05 - 21:22)

     

    
    

  • Interview with Mazlan Othman, Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs URL

    4 October 2011 – Mazlan Othman has spent her life exploring the outer reaches of humankind’s scientific exploration. Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, she is currently Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, which assists countries in the use space technology for development, provides expert advice, and supports the work of the intergovernmental UN body, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
    

    
    

• Journals
  

  Journals

  • Journal of Space Law URL

    The Journal of Space Law is the world's oldest journal devoted to space law. The University of Mississippi has published the Journal of Space Law since 1973. The Journal was published under the leadership of the late Dr. Stephen Gorove from 1973 to 2000. The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, has published it since 2003.
    

    
    

  • Annals of Air and Space Law URL

    The Annals of Air and Space Law is a journal produced and published by the Institute and Centre of Air and Space Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
    

    
    

• Videos
  

  Videos

  • Who Owns Space? URL

    Several companies are already working on plans to mine space objects, but who owns what in space?

    
    

    
    

  • Who owns the space? URL

    This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Let’s discuss the future of Space Law. As part of the discussion, I will emphasize the critical role of law and policy in shaping (and preparing for) the privatization of space. I will touch on public-private partnerships and cross-border relationships as critical ingredients for successful development of the commercial space industry.
    

  • Survival: The Story of Global Health. Episode 1 URL

    Survival. The Story of Global Health. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) created by Igor Rudan, Mickey Chopra and Iain Campbell and developed by the University of Edinburgh.
    

  • Is this the century of Universalization? URL

     Interview with Lorna Jean Edmonds
    

    
    

  • Space belongs to nobody URL

    Professor von der Dunk 

    
    

    
    

  • Universalization - International Space Development Conference Debate, May 2018 URL

    The Universalization Debate was hosted by the National Space Society at its annual conference and focused on the question of ‘whether universalization can promote global peace through cooperation’. During the course of the debate, the student teams, ages 12 to 14, discussed the future of space governance, the sustainability of humanity through cooperation, and the nature of space as the next frontier
    

     

     
    

  • "Crisis Stability in Space: China and Other Challenges" Study in Policy Launch URL

    The Foreign Policy Institute hosted a panel discussion and reception as we launched our latest study in policy "Crisis Stability in Space: China and Other Challenges", authored by Bruce MacDonald with Adm. Dennis Blair, Dean Cheng, Karl Mueller, and Victoria Samson.

    Shining a light on the instability currently inherent in the space domain, how political and military crises could spill over into space, the danger of possible space war with China, and steps the United States can take to reduce these dangers, Crisis Stability in Space identifies and explains the major features of space's strategic landscape, a new and often misunderstood domain of potential conflict. This publication assesses these challenges and how they affect space deterrence and incentives to escalate or go to war in space.

     

    Panelists

    Bruce MacDonald, SAIS
    Dean Cheng, Heritage Foundation                                                                  
    Karl Mueller, Georgetown University; RAND Corp.                                  
    Victoria Samson, Secure World Foundation

      
    

  • The Truth About Space Debris URL

     

     
    

• Articles
  

  Articles

  • Article URL
  • Universalisation, the Interconnection of Outer Space Development and the UN 2030 SDGs: The 21st Century Leadership Imperative by Lorna Jean Edmonds and Seth Baker File
  • Common benefit from a perspective of "Non-traditional Partners": A proposed agenda to address the status quo in Global Space Governance by Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty File
  • The need for a United Nations space policy by Arévalo-Yepes C, Froelich A, Martinez P, Peter N & Suzuki K. File
  • Outer Space: Ungoverned or Lacking Effective Governance? New Approaches to Managing Human Activities in Space by Henry R. Hertzfeld, Brian Weeden, and Christopher D. Johnson File
  • National Laws Governing Commercial Space Activities: Legislation, Regulation, & Enforcement by Paul Stephen Dempsey File
  • Governance Beyond the Global: Who Controls the Extraterrestrial? by Newlove-Eriksson, L & Eriksson, J. File
  • China in Space: Ambitions and Possible Conflict by Namrata Goswami File
  • Establishing a Legal Framework for Property Rights to Natural Resources in Outer Space by Sarah Coffey File
  • Governing the World within the Universe: The Next Frontier of Universalization? by Lorna Jean Edmonds and Delight Jessica Agboada File
  • UNIVERSALIZATION - Governing the World within the Universe: The Next Frontier of Universalization? Edmonds & Agboada (In press) File
• Universities
  

  Universities

  • Universities with Space Programs URL
  • International Space University (ISU) URL

    The International Space University develops the future leaders of the world space community by providing interdisciplinary educational programs to students and space professionals in an international, intercultural environment.

    
    

• Treaties
  

  Treaties

  • Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space URL
  • Space Treaties and Conventions URL
• Reports
  

  Reports

  • Space Security Index (SSI) 2017 File
  • Space Security Conference Report URL
  • Space Security Index (SSI) 2016 URL
  • Secure World Foundation Annual Reports URL
  • UNOOSA documents and resolutions URL
  • National Space Society (NSS) Position Papers URL
• Books
  

  Books

  • Partnership in Space : The Mid to Late Nineties Book

    April 12, 2011 was the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis has produced a mini-series of books that reveals how humanity's knowledge of flying, working, and living in space has grown in the last half century. 
    
    "Partners in Space" focuses on the early to late 1990s, a time in the post-Soviet era when relations between East and West steadily - though not without difficulty - thawed and the foundations of real harmony and genuine co-operation were laid for the first time with Shuttle-Mir and the International Space Station. This book explores the events which preceded that new ear, including the political demise of Space Station Freedom and the consequences of the fall of the Soviet Union on a once-proud human space program. It traces the history of "the Partnership" through the often traumatic times of Shuttle-Mir and closes on the eve of the launch of Zarya, the first component of today's International Space Station.
    

    
    

  • Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy Book

    Outer Space

    Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

    Ed. J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2009. p125-131. COPYRIGHT 2009 Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning

    Mark A. Bullock

      Content 

    • EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOCIETY
    • THE NEW SPACE
    • ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN SPACE
    • THE OUTER SPACE WILDERNESS
    • THE CONDUCT OF HUMANS IN SPACE
    • BIBLIOGRAPHY

    
    

  • Outer Space Development, International Relations and Space Law: A Method for Elucidating Seeds Book

    
    

    
    

    
    

  • An International Study on Global Space Governance, Jakhu and Pelton, 2017 Eds Book

    

    This book is based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Global Space Governance study commissioned by the 2014 Montreal Declaration that called upon civil society, academics, governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to undertake an international interdisciplinary study. The study took three years to complete. It examines the drivers of space regulations and standards, key regulatory problems, and especially addresses possible improvements in global space governance. The world's leading experts led the drafting of chapters, with input from academics and knowledgeable professionals in the public and private sectors, intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations from all the regions of the world with over 80 total participants. This book and areas identified for priority action are to be presented to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and it is hoped will be considered directly or indirectly at the UNISPACE+50 event in Vienna, Austria, in 2018.

    The report, a collective work of all the contributors, includes objective analysis and frank statements expressed without pressure of political, national, and occupational concerns or interest. It is peer-reviewed and carefully edited to ensure its accuracy, preciseness, and readability. It is expected that the study and derivative recommendations will form the basis for deliberations and decisions at international conferences and meetings around the world on the theme of global space governance. This will hopefully include future discussion at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

    
    

• Presentations Space Governance
  

  Presentations Space Governance

  • Marshall Space Governance (1) File
  • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) URL
• Experts
  

  Experts

  • Experts in the Field of Space Governance URL
• Organizations
  

  Organizations

  • American Astronomical Society (AAS) URL
  • Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) URL
  • Secure World Foundation URL

    Secure World Foundation is an endowed, private operating foundation that promotes cooperative solutions for Space sustainability and the peaceful uses of outer space.
    

    
    

  • The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) URL
  • The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) URL
  • The National Space Society (NSS) URL
  • The Space Settlement Institute URL
  • UNOOSA URL

    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
    

• Conferences
  

  Conferences

  • UNISPACE Conferences URL
  • Fifth Manfred Lachs International Conference on Global Space Governance URL
  • International Space Development Conference (ISDC) URL
  • NEWSPACE 2017: CONVERGENCE URL
• YouTube Channels
  

  YouTube Channels

  • TMRO URL

    TMRO is a weekly live show about humanity's exploration of the cosmos. With a focus on human space flight we look at all of the new things happening on Earth and on orbit to help get the first boots on Mars.

    
    

    
    

  • SciShow Space URL

    Every Tuesday and Friday, SciShow Space explores the universe a few minutes at a time. Hosts Hank Green, Caitlin Hofmeister, and Reid Reimers share everything from just after the beginning of time to the most recent breaking news in space exploration.
    

    
    

  • National Space Society URL

    Our Vision: People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.

    
    

  • Rand Simberg's videos URL
• Committees
  

  Committees

  • Space Management Committee URL
  • Space and Planning Advisory Committee URL
• Handbooks
  

  Handbooks

  • handbookoutline File
  • Education Curriculum URL

    Capacity-building, training and education in space law helps to promote international development and cooperation in space activities and provides the means for a deeper understanding of the interdependent roles of science, technology and law in this area
    

    
    

• Websites
  

  Websites

  • Nasa Space Flight Cybrary link
  • The Commercial Spaceflight Cybrary link
  • Space News Cybrary link
  • Space Flight Insider Cybrary link
  • The Space Review Cybrary link
  • Space.com URL
  • Space Policy Online URL
  • The Planetary Society URL
  • The Space Show URL
  • The Star Spot URL
  • National Space Society URL
  • Aerospace and Defense URL
• News
  

  News

  • Trump will take us to the Stars URL
  • Achieving Bezos’ bold vision of space settlement requires bold policy direction URL
  • Benefits of Space: Sustainable Development URL
  • China Has a Head Start in the New Space Race URL
  • Space junk is a huge problem—and it’s only getting bigger URL
  • A Rationale for Cislunar Space URL
  • Space Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals URL
  • Insight - African Perspectives on the Space Resources Dialogue File
  • Cooperatition URL
• Q & A Forum
  

  Q & A Forum

  • Q & A Forum

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