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Space exploration is becoming a more feasible reality, prompting a need for international cooperation. (NASA/Unsplash)

August 18, 2022

Outer space is not the “Wild West”: There are clear rules for peace and war

Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University; Bond University; Bayar Goswami, McGill University; Ram S. Jakhu, McGill University, and Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University

A new publication clarifies how existing legal frameworks apply to space exploration and development. The McGill Manual also highlights the catastrophic implications of conflict in space.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Feb. 20, 2021. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens space co‑operation, business and security

Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University; Bayar Goswami, McGill University, and Ram S. Jakhu, McGill University

The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches into outer space, as Russia threatens to stop co-operating on supplying and participating in space missions.

Space debris produced by anti-satellite weapons can have dangerous consequences. (Shutterstock)

November 18, 2021

Russia’s attack on its own satellite is reckless and endangers us all

Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University; Bayar Goswami, McGill University, and Ram S. Jakhu, McGill University

Russia’s testing of an anti-satellite weapon risked the life of astronauts on the International Space Station and could have astronomical impacts on Earth.

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