Episode 10: New Space, New Rules?
War in Space
English - April 28, 2022 08:57 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture News Politics civilisation competition military risk satellite social space assets discussion internationalsecurity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The concept of 'New Space' refers to the increasing commercialisation of the domain to smaller companies, at the expense of the previous dominance of state actors. But how have decreasing costs and greater accessibility changed the industry? Do we need new rules for space, now that it is hosting an increasingly large pool of actors? And who should be responsible for making and implementing such rules? We discuss this and more with Luca del Monte, Head of the Commercialisation Department at the European Space Agency.