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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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
- 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
- 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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thomcheney
- Dec 15, 2017
- 6 min
UK Space Industry Bill: A Missed Opportunity to Promote British Space Mining?
The UK Space Industry Bill has now passed the House of Lords and is on its way to the House of Commons, the date for its second reading...
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thomcheney
- Oct 23, 2017
- 3 min
AI? Robot? AMA? Thinking About Definitions
Like any good science fiction nerd, I have long had an interest in robots and artificial intelligence. As the moral, legal and political...
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thomcheney
- Sep 15, 2017
- 5 min
Space Law and Space Mining
This week I attended the fourth meeting of The Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group[1] (I am an observer). After the...
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thomcheney
- Jul 21, 2017
- 4 min
Luxembourg’s New Space Law
Luxembourg has become the second nation, the first in Europe, to provide a legal framework for space resource utilization activities...
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thomcheney
- Jul 3, 2017
- 2 min
UK Space Industry Bill
The Space Industry Bill[1] was announced as part of the Queen’s Speech on 21 June 2017. It received its first reading in the House of...
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thomcheney
- May 8, 2017
- 5 min
Commons Science and Technology Select Committee Review of UK Draft Spaceflight Bill
The Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology recently conducted an enquiry into the UK Draft Spaceflight Bill[1] and have now...
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thomcheney
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
Space Law at the UN
I spent the past week in a windowless room in Vienna, and had a really interesting and enjoyable time. I went as part of the SGAC...
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thomcheney
- Feb 27, 2017
- 4 min
UK Spaceflight Act 2017
A UK spaceport has been on the horizon for a few years now and there are number of different sites scattered throughout the UK that have...
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