Studying Law Around the World Lunar Heritage, Dark Skies, and Space Diplomacy with Gregory Radisic
This week on Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Gregory Radisic, a Canadian lawyer, PhD candidate at Bond University (Australia), and a teaching fellow at the Center for Space, Cyberspace and Data Law.
Gregory’s legal practice exists quite literally out of this world. After starting his career in corporate law and national security, he found his way to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the European Space Agency. Today, he works with international organizations to solve the legal problems of the aerospace industry, from satellite regulation to protecting the first footprints on the moon.
We discuss why the space industry is more optimistic than terrestrial national security, the impending legal battle over "Dark Skies," and how a 1960s treaty system is struggling to keep up with modern billionaire space races.