Timiebi Aganaba – The Conversation

A group of people gaze up at the Moon in Germany. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

July 21, 2025

‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University; Adam Fish, UNSW ; Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, University of British Columbia, and Tony Milligan, King's College London

As more countries look to space, experts argue that it’s worth asking why we want to go at all, and who should lead the charge.

It’s unlikely falling space junk will destroy property or kill a person. Petrovich9/iStock via Getty Images

May 18, 2021

If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you – but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit

Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University

Chances are small that space junk will destroy property or harm a person, and existing space law could deal with such an event. But current law doesn’t address the bigger problem of space pollution.

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