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On 11 July, billionaire Richard Branson joined Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed test flight to space. Billionaire Jeff Bezos will soon follow suit on the first Blue Origin crewed flight on 20 July. ASPI’s Malcolm Davis talks with Cassandra Steer from the ANU Institute of Space and the ANU College of Law about the new era for space tourism and its potential implications. The arrest of former South African president Jacob Zuma sparked mass unrest in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. ASPI research intern Khwezi Nkwanyana speaks to Ibrahim Abraham from the Australian National University about the recent violence and the significance of Zuma’s arrest with regard to corruption and wider stability in the country. ....
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space launch company, Blue Origin, has announced it will sell its first flights into microgravity to the highest bidder. Blue Origin and its two greatest competitors in the “space tourism” field, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, claim to be advancing humanity through the “democratisation” of space. But these joyrides aren’t opening up access to space for all. At face value, the prospect of a space tourism industry is exciting. It promises an easier path to space than the one followed by astronauts, who must go through higher education, intense training and extremely competitive selection processes. Astronauts must also have the right nationality, because few countries have access to human spaceflight programmes. ....
Download 4.42 MB International law here on Earth is very clear on national borders and use of weapons. But have you ever considered what the legal parameters are in Space? Dr. Cassandra Steer is a Mission Specialist with the ANU Institute of Space (InSpace), and a lecturer at the College of Law specialising in space law, security and international law. She spoke to ABC Radio Canberra s Georgia Stynes about the international agreements for outer Space and how they could be tested in future as more nations launch spacecraft. Duration: 9min 39sec ....
Cosmos Briefing: Building Australia’s Space Industry Experts discuss Australia’s future in space. Australia’s Space Agency is young, but that doesn’t mean we should be underestimated in space: that’s the message from yesterday’s Cosmos Briefing. Aude Vignelles, Chief Technology Officer at Australian Space Agency; Adam Gilmour, CEO of Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies; and Cassandra Steer, a lecturer and researcher in space law at the Australian National University, discussed the evolving industry. The session was hosted by the Royal Institution of Australia’s lead scientist, Alan Duffy. Vignelles says that “In Australia, we’ve been working in space for a long time. ....