Space Law

The Space Mirror Isn’t About Sunlight. It’s About Who Owns the Sky.

📅 July 30, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

The FCC’s approval of a space mirror to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ isn’t a clean energy breakthrough — it’s a stealth test case for privatizing the sky. This article reveals how a single mirror could unravel the Outer Space Treaty, trigger geoengineering precedents, and turn a universal resource into a commodity. The real question: who gets to decide who owns the light?

Aerospace Environment Ethics Geoengineering Innovation Light Pollution Regulation Space Law Technology

Private Space Stations Are About to Create Corporate City-States in Orbit

📅 July 12, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

Axiom Space’s private space station is about to detach from the ISS, creating a legal vacuum where no nation has jurisdiction. The result? Accidental corporate city-states in orbit, where a single company holds more practical sovereignty than any government. This isn’t space exploration — it’s a governance crisis waiting to happen.

Axiom Corporate Sovereignty Geopolitics Outer Space Treaty Private Space Stations Regulatory Blind Spot Space Governance Space Law