ANGELS will guide space start-ups
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
The space industry is set to benefit from expert guidance from University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ lawyers on Australian and international laws that regulate their activities.
The Australian Navigational Guide Explaining Laws for Space (ANGELS) website will be created in a project of the same name, by the University’s ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ Law School and law firm, International Aerospace Law and Policy Group (IALPG). A grant of nearly $100,000 from the Law Foundation of South Australia has financed the project.
A board composed of experts from the ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ Law School and IALPG will oversee the project. Professor Melissa de Zwart, Dean of Law, and Professor Dale Stephens are both experts in domestic and international space law, and Mr Joseph Wheeler, Legal Practice Director of IALPG, is an expert in aviation law. The project will be managed by Duncan Blake, a PhD candidate at the ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ Law School and Special Counsel on Space Law with IALPG.
“Information provided on the ANGELS website will give guidance to space start-ups here in South Australia and throughout Australia to conduct their business in accordance with Australian, foreign and applicable international law,” says Professor Stephens.
“The ANGELS project and website will aim to provide an easy step-by-step online guide on what legal and regulatory requirements need to be satisfied to conduct space activities lawfully and commercially.
“ANGELS will draw space entrepreneurs to South Australia, encourage the growth of the state’s space industry and help ensure sustainable use of space for the current, next and future gener