Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

To solve space traffic woes, look to the high seas. Ruth Stilwell, an expert in space and aviation policy, thinks the best way to protect spacecraft is to adopt lessons from maritime law.


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/Space

Read more on:

Photo of Lessons

Lessons

Photo of Space

Space

Photo of Law

Law

Related news:

News photo

Millennium Space in an experiment de-orbited a satellite in eight months. Tethers’ tape creates additional surface area that interacts with the Earth’s atmosphere to create drag, which draws satellites back to Earth faster. The tape is deployed when a satellite is ready to de-orbit.

News photo

Mystery object in space could be a new arm of the Milky Way

News photo

Everyone maps numbers in space. But why don’t we all use the same directions?