Competition for AI dominance resembles the nuclear arms race of the Cold War era. A similarly serious response may also now be needed.
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Paris’ International Space Summit was an opportunity to understand what and who Europe needs to reliably sustain its launch ambitions and become a world-class leader in Space.
Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
We’ve known for a while now that the Moon has water. Accessing it will make it easier not just to visit, but to stay.
Any talk of nuclear futures in space obliges us to learn from nuclear pasts.
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
The US disregards international law on Earth. Is that what we want on the Moon?
Going to the Moon isn’t just about science. Novelist Jules Verne predicted some of the societal ramifications modern lunar missions are creating today.
NASA’s Artemis II mission has revived lunar ambition – and a potential new race between nations. Very different visions now complicate the human future of space.
It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
Today, there aren’t just two countries competing to get to the Moon. More countries have space programs, and private industry plays a larger role.
From temples and ashes to cars and AI, humans are populating space with beloved items.
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward.
As more countries look to space, experts argue that it’s worth asking why we want to go at all, and who should lead the charge.
Getting into space is now a joint effort between states and companies, with plenty of opportunity for companies and countries willing to be flexible or neutral.
More people will be going to the Moon in coming years, and the way current legal frameworks are written could lead to conflict.
The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 towards Venus in 1972. But all didn’t go to plan.
The latest ‘space race’ between the US and China aims to get people back on the Moon. But the path to get there doesn’t have to be rife with conflict.
Fears are growing that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.
The prevailing human reaction to the idea of artificial intelligence has always been fear, revealed in the way film has portrayed our increasingly important relationship with AI over the years.
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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Teaching Associate in Philosophy, School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities, University of Sheffield
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Professor in Business Analytics, Queen Margaret University
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices and Digital Humanities, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor, Adelaide University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Hypersonic Aerodynamics, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia