Outer Space Policy, Politics and Law
The Bloomsbury Festival is going on this week and themed around the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings. There are a lot of things to explore and I suggest checking out the Bloomsbury Festival 2019 Brochure. Of particular interest to me will be the Mirroring the Moon event by my...
I am excited to be speaking at this event alongside the amazing Farhana Yamin. From the event website: “Maritime Lecture Series – Space Ethics and Planetary Care” Space Ethics and Planetary Care Apollo’s Earthrise image enabled us to see our fragile Earth floating in space. Over the next 50 years...
I hope to make it to this event With Dr Iya Whiteley next Wednesday 9 October 2019 from 13-14:00 at the Wellcome Collection. I very much enjoyed hearing Dr Whiteley speak when she and I presented together at the Royal Institution “The Human Martian” event: she does fascinating research. Tickets...
It has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to be involved in this exhibition, and I am very flattered to be featured in a video in the final section of the gallery. The design and content are excellent and I highly recommend a visit! The Moon special...
Long-term colleague and friend Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) has a new book out! I haven’t received my copy yet but can assure that anyone interested in technology, culture and history will appreciate this interdisciplinary foray. “Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the future” Paperback Published Apr...
I am absolutely thrilled to be speaking within this amazing line-up in the Faraday Theatre at the RI in a couple of weeks: multi-Guinness World Record Holder adventurer Adrian Hayes; space medicine specialist, artist and author Dr Iya Whiteley; and our session chair: broadcaster, documentarian and author Dallas Campbell. (Some of...
I am thrilled to have contributed a chapter to this brilliant book by Dallas Campbell published with Simon & Schuster in 2017 (this is a follow-up blog from when it first came out). It is eclectic and packed with original material (when discussing it with Dallas I was hugely impressed by...
I won’t be there, but this looks like a good session, worth promoting, with some great speakers (including colleague and friend Bernard Foing)… Text from the email flier; see the Galaxy Forum Hainin 2018 website for more details: October 5 Early Registrations Due Galaxy Forum Hainan 2018: China 4-7 December...
I am honored to have been at the premier of the new documentary film Nureyev last night (and honored to be one of the expert interviewees in it). IMDB for Nureyev the film Tickets and showtimes Even if you don’t follow ballet, this story may be of interest. Born into...
This looks interesting–I plan to try and go, schedule willing! Full details available on artist Phil Coy’s website and also the Royal Observatory’s/ Royal Museums Greenwich website. 28 June 6:30pm – 7.45pm Price: Adult: £10.30 | Concession: £9.30 Book tickets Location: Royal Observatory, Planetarium & Astronomy Centre Season: Evenings and Lates “The inaugral screening...
