In the media
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Will budget airlines face crackdown on misleadingly low ticket prices? 27 November 2024Invoking old legislation, Spain has imposed fines on five airlines, including Ryanair, in an attempt to crack down on extra fees for hand luggage and ...
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Is extraction of raw materials in space allowed? 17 October 2023Asteroids, pieces of matter orbiting round the sun, have turned out to be extremely valuable. Asteroid Psyche contains a quantity of metals that toget...
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Former student in Mr. online about Air and Space Law in Leiden 14 September 2023Anmol Dhawan (24) graduated cum laude from the Advanced LLM in Air and Space Law in Leiden on 28 August 2023. He comes from Mumbai in India and did hi...
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Starlink - Battle of the Satellites 13 September 2023You can hardly avoid it if you want to quickly implement satellite internet. Elon Musk's company Starlink is 'all-powerful in space' (Volkskrant). Dut...
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A lunar land grab? 28 August 2023Missions to the moon have become popular again. In just one week, a lunar mission from Russia failed while India landed a spacecraft in a historic fir...
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Reduction in flights at Schiphol no done deal 11 July 2023The recent ruling by the Amsterdam Court that Schiphol must reduce the number of flights from 500,000 to 460,000 is now ‘up in the air’ following the ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'We have to protect our heritage on the moon, like Neil Armstrong’s footprints' 09 February 2023Space is becoming increasingly busier due to the launching of satellites and tourists. But no binding international agreements have been made since 19...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on 'Spraakmakers' about mining the moon 10 January 2023
Commercial parties offering space travel, space waste, claiming the moon, potentially exploiting resources ... It’s going to get busy in space in the ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on Radio Weetlust: Who does the moon belong to? 16 December 2022
Assistant Professor Space Law Tanja Masson-Zwaan appeared as a guest on the Radio Weetlust programme of local Leiden radio station Sleutelstad FM. She...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on crowds on the moon: can anyone simply go there? 14 December 2022
It has been a coming and going of satellites and spaceships near the moon. It has not been this busy in years. There are currently more than ten moon ...
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Steven Truxal on Deutsche Welle about International Air Transport Association 07 December 2022On 6 December 2022, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents around 260 airlines in the world, released its Economic Outlo...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on the consequences of the war in Ukraine for space travel 07 March 2022
Around the world, many partnerships with Russia are being ended due to the war in Ukraine. What about space travel, in which the Russians also have a ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Space race between US and China requires international agreements' 15 February 2022
Various countries are planning new missions to the Moon. Not just for prestige and science, but also to extract raw materials.
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: Climate agreement for space not realistic 07 February 2022
During a working visit to a company that cleans up space debris, the British Prince Charles suggested that a climate agreement specifically for space ...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Regular near-collisions in space' 07 January 2022
Satellites belonging to American space company SpaceX recently came very close to a Chinese space station. Experts are calling for traffic management ...