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  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Space exploration

    Putting a stop to destructive anti-satellite weapons tests

    Cassandra Steer
    Australia is helping bolster an emerging global norm that will secure space for the benefit of all.
  • 18 Aug 2022
    • Space exploration

    Space, sustainability and security: the intersection of domains

    Tom Cernev
    Mining asteroids? Growing food in space? Good governance will be essential to sharing the realm beyond Earth.
  • 9 Mar 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Space exploration

    Asia’s space race: China leads India on strategy

    Namrata Goswami
    Beijing and New Delhi’s space programs have very different backstories and have taken markedly different trajectories.
  • 12 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Space exploration

    It’s not rocket science, Australia needs a stronger space strategy

    Tristan Moss
    The contested and congested nature of space means this vital arena cannot be approached in a fragmented fashion.
  • 24 May 2021
    • Space exploration
    • International law

    Why did Australia sign the Moon Treaty?

    Cait Storr
    A decision made under electoral pressure in the 1980s has lasting consequences for policy in the present.
  • 29 Apr 2021
    • China
    • Technology
    • Space exploration

    China’s leap into space

    Morris Jones
    The newly launched space station has no crew as yet, but the invite list makes for plenty of speculation.
  • 15 Dec 2020
    • United Nations
    • Space exploration

    Bringing space law into the 21st century

    Donald R Rothwell
    The international agreements around outer space, which date to the Cold War, are being tested by new space activity.

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