…has passed Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person.
That’s good, because I think that Elon is doing much more good with his money than Gates is. And it’s kind of amazing that the two richest men in the world are both intelligently investing in space technology.
A call to action. General Kwast and Dr. Sercer were my co-panelists in Omaha last month.
I’m concerned about using the Law of the Sea Treaty as a precedent, given that the Moon Agreement was modeled on it.
…we hardly knew ye.
We went up to see it when Patricia was working in San Juan. It was quite impressive, but I wonder if there were maintenance issues? Perhaps they should have replaced the cables before they started to weaken?
It’s already a game changer for rural residents.
Arianespace is not doing well.
Another relentlessly stupid conservative take on space policy.
Yes, Obama canceled Constellation without consulting Congress, but it was a terrible program in dire need of cancellation, and Trump did nothing to make Commercial Crew happen. Giving him credit for it would be like giving Nixon credit for the moon landings.
…on space development.
Do they violate international law?
TL;DR: No.
This is a huge change. ISRO is finally loosening its reins on the space industry.
I had a phone conversation with a would-be Indian space entrepreneur a few years ago who was wondering how to get this to happen. I would have hoped it would have happened sooner under Modi, but better late than never. This should make them even more receptive to multilateral agreements like the Artemis Accords, or along the lines of my IAC paper.
I’ve been attending the virtual Space Settlement Summit for the past couple days, but I just noticed that Gabriel Swiney happened to put up a relevant Twitter thread on the topic of space governance.