
Defining the Future
OSI Events
The Outer Space Institute (OSI) is a network of world-leading space experts united by their commitment to highly innovative, transdisciplinary research that addresses grand challenges facing the continued use and exploration of space. Comprised of physical scientists, social scientists, lawyers, engineers, industry leaders, and policy makers, there is no other body like it anywhere. The transdisciplinary approach enables the OSI to identify challenges, opportunities, and solutions that have been overlooked by other groups. By breaking down barriers that prevent people in different fields from working together, the OSI is able to further challenge assumptions that are often taken for granted in building public policy.
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OSI Events Research, articles, public communications and more. Bringing together academia, business, decision makers, and space users. Is new domestic legislation in conflict with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty? Space Mining: Its promise, consequences, and legality. Small particles from satellite operations, failures, passivization, and collisions threaten the use of Earth orbits. An OSI Space Security Network with funding from the Canadian Department of National Defence’s Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program. Publicly available data from a January 2022 survey that asked a sample of 1520 Americans questions about outer space. Interactive decision tree, a supporting supplemental document, and an html tree overview. Astro-ICJ in an initiative for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) 'advisory opinion' regarding the protection of dark and quiet skies.
Defining the Future
Documents and Press
People
The Legal Setting
Space Resources
Orbital Debris
MINDS Space Security Network
Outer Space Survey
Preliminary Planetary Defence Decision Tree
Astro-ICJ