Taking Space War Seriously
Review of: Bleddyn E Bowen Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space (Hurst 2022) Bleddyn Bowen’s Original Sin serves as a...
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Dr Thomas Cheney
Lecturer in Space Governance
Using legal geography and environmental humanities to better understanding space resources, space exploration, space settlement and more!
thomcheney
- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
Apolitical is political: The British Empire and the Death of Queen Elizabeth II
The death of a head of state is always a significant event, particularly when they are still in office. The death of Queen Elizabeth II...
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thomcheney
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
What I’m Reading: Agonies of Empire
Michael Cox Agonies of Empire: American Power from Clinton to Biden (Bristol UP 2022) https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-agonies-of...
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thomcheney
- Feb 24, 2022
- 7 min
In Defence of International Law
I write this on the morning of Thursday 24 February 2022. I have woken up to the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] This is a...
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thomcheney
- Jan 28, 2022
- 8 min
On Terraforming (Part Two: Is it Legal?)
There’s a long and short answer to the question of whether terraforming is legal, and (un)fortunately one word covers both: maybe. In...
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thomcheney
- Jan 21, 2022
- 5 min
On Terraforming (Part One: An Introduction)
This will be the first in a series of posts on this topic, I’ll fully admit that I don’t have a plan but I have at least three more in...
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thomcheney
- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
New Year, New(ish) Blog
Hello and welcome (or welcome back)! I have been debating relaunching this blog for a good six months now, and getting all wrapped up in...
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thomcheney
- Jul 20, 2019
- 7 min
Apollo 11 and Space Law
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, and what better way to celebrate than a look at the space law involved...
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thomcheney
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
Space Resources at the UN
Once again, I attended the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) as part of the...
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thomcheney
- Jan 7, 2019
- 5 min
Updating Space Law
This post is on a topic that I have been mulling for some time now, but was prompted by the recent editorial in the Financial Times...
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thomcheney
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Discussing Space Mining in Luxembourg
The second meeting of the second phase of The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group (hereafter ‘the Working...
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thomcheney
- Oct 12, 2018
- 4 min
IAC 2018
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen during the first week in October was the first time that I had attended an IAC....
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thomcheney
- Sep 24, 2018
- 4 min
Brexit and Space, Again…
This is, what I believe the ‘kids’ would call, a ‘hot take’[1] on the European Parliament’s Industry, Research, Telecoms and Energy...
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thomcheney
- Aug 24, 2018
- 9 min
United States Space Force: Some Thoughts
Recently US Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the Trump Administration’s intention to establish a United States ‘space force’.[1] This...
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thomcheney
- Jul 13, 2018
- 5 min
UNISPACE+50
Last month UNISPACE+50[1] was held at the United Nations in Vienna, it was, in part, a commemoration of the first United Nations...
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thomcheney
- Jun 19, 2018
- 6 min
SGF2 and Space for Women
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) was founded in 1999 as a result of the Third United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses...
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thomcheney
- Apr 27, 2018
- 5 min
UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee 2018
Once again, I recently spent time as part of the SGAC delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) Legal...
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thomcheney
- Apr 15, 2018
- 6 min
The Rescue Agreement at 50: The IISL/ECSL Symposium
The first Monday afternoon of the annual session of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS)...
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thomcheney
- Apr 8, 2018
- 6 min
Space Law in Paris
Once again, I spent a few days in March in the heart of Paris listening to people talk about space law and doing some talking about space...
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thomcheney
- Feb 12, 2018
- 5 min
Defining ‘Outer Space’
As with a number of space law terms, the space treaties do not provide a definition of outer space. While for the most part a...
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