Dr Thomas Cheney
Outer Space as 'Nature'
A Legal Geography and Environmental Humanities Driven Approach to Space Governance
or
How My Work on Mining, Space Colonization and Extraterrestrial Life Fits Together
Presentations and Talks
Presentations and Talks


Space Resources Five Years After Title IV CSLCA 2015

Green Mars: Ecological Imperialism in Science Fiction and Implications for Space Governance

Sustaining the outer space environment: now and in the future




Interviews and Media Appearances
Carlton Reid ‘Tesla Shot to Mars Was Warning About Elon Musk’s Irresponsibility, Says Space Law Expert’ Forbes 4 February 2025. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2025/02/04/tesla-shot-to-mars-was-warning-about-elon-musks-irresponsibility-says-space-law-expert/
Sean Previl ‘Space Junk Falling on Saskatchewan Farmland Prompts Question: who’s liable?’ Global News 26 May 2024. Available at: https://globalnews.ca/news/10523044/saskatchewan-space-junk-liability-outer-space/
Robert Tollast ‘US National Security Threat from Space: Mystery Russian Project is Worrying, Say Experts’ The National, 15 February 2024. Available at: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2024/02/15/us-national-security-threat-from-space-mystery-russian-project-is-worrying-say-experts/
Stuart Clark, ‘Is There Life on Mars? Not if We Destroy It With Poor Space Hygiene’ The Observer 30 June 2021. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/30/mars-life-perseverance-rover-nasa-planetary-protection?fbclid=IwAR2cU8eE5-xcXaaLP93RPim0CD3033imWo-QazqYJJW6rgYziveSH7Zc544
‘mRNA Vaccinations; Bacterial Space Miners; Artemis Accords’ BBC Inside Science 12 November 2020. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p8d7
‘NASA Looking for Companies to Help Mine the Lunar Surface’ EuroNews 11 September 2020. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MIhfTFDHeg&ab_channel=euronews
Filling Space, ‘Who Defines Laws in Outer Space’ Filling Space 5 July 2019. Available at: https://filling-space.com/2019/07/05/who-defines-laws-in-outer-space/
TMRO, ‘Space Law at the United Nations’, 7 May 2017. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWckmRbejJw&t=4s