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Revived National Space Council Could Mean Space Policy Rethink

July 7, 2017

On Friday, June 30, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order reinstating within the White House the National Space Council, which was disbanded early in the...


#165: Regulating the Universe

March 21, 2017

Who’s in charge of the universe? “Innovative space activities” like asteroid mining and private missions to Mars raise key questions for countries and their regulators....


#97: Space Regulation

June 22, 2016

With recent budget cuts to NASA, exploration of the final frontier has increasingly fallen to the private sector. But what kind of regulatory environment are...


#33: Space Law (Part 3) Mining in Space

March 1, 2016

Congress actually passed an asteroid mining bill last year. Did they get it right? In Part III of our Space Law series, TF Adjunct Fellow...


#28: Space Law (Part 2) Property Rights in Space

February 23, 2016

Can you own part of space? Or stuff you find there? In Part II of our Space Law series, TF Adjunct Fellow Jim Dunstan and...


#13: Space Law! (Part 1)

February 1, 2016

In this episode, space law! — yes, it’s a thing. Berin is joined by long-time space lawyer Jim Dunstan. They discuss the history of space...