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Dr Thomas Cheney
Space Governance Scholar
Using legal geography and environmental humanities to better understanding space resources, space exploration, space settlement and more!


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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Apr 27, 20185 min read
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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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Apr 15, 20186 min read
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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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Feb 12, 20185 min read
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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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Dec 15, 20176 min read
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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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Oct 23, 20173 min read
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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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Sep 15, 20175 min read
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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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Jul 21, 20174 min read
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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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Jul 3, 20172 min read
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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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May 8, 20175 min read
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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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Apr 7, 20175 min read
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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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Feb 27, 20174 min read
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