From creating the Space Force to blocking weapons testing in space, both Trump and Harris have extensive records on space policy to examine .
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Fears are growing that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.
Build a powerful enough laser, and you can shine it into space. Aim it well, and you can blind satellites.
Activities in space today are far more numerous and complicated compared to 1967, before humans had landed on the moon or Elon Musk had been born. Two experts explain the need for better laws to keep space peaceful.
Russia destroyed one of its old satellites during a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon. A space security expert explains what this weapon was and the dangers of the expanding debris field.
As the space race is resumed, and expanded to include private corporations, it is more important than ever to lay the groundwork for peaceful collaboration.
Australia is playing a major role in developing legal guidelines that would govern how any war in space is played out. The authors of MILAMOS hope the manual is never actually required.
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Lecturer in space and military law and strategy, UNSW
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Professor of Law, Adelaide University
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Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University; Bond University
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology