Insights
Commentary on space sustainability, law and policy, written from the intersection of practice and scholarship.
Second in, Better Equipped
Hamish | Australia China’s Tianwen-3 mission is on track to launch in 2028, land on Mars, and bring roughly 500 grams of Martian material back to Earth…
Is Asteroid Mining Far Off?
In 2017, a NASA scientist did some comprehensive napkin maths on a metal-rich asteroid called Psyche and came up with a number so large it barely means…
A Rocket Just Hit the Moon. Who’s Accountable?
By now everyone probably knows, but early Wednesday morning, around 2:35 am EDT, the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the Moon near the…
Grounded for Now: What RFA's Delay Actually Says About Britain's Shot at Orbit
Rocket Factory Augsburg was days away from the UK’s first-ever vertical orbital rocket launch, set to lift off from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland…
Welcome to Astrodottir!
Welcome! We are a space governance and policy education company based in London. Our founder Heather Allansdottir, is a space-law lecturer and researcher. Her…