Episode 16: Space Junk - Space Mining And Commercial Space Law (with Donna Lawler)
Listen now
Description
In this episode I chat to space lawyer Donna Lawler, the Principal at Azimuth Advisory, a firm which provides advice and assistance to Governments and businesses who are engaged in space activities. Donna is a commercial space lawyer with decades of experience working with Optus Satellite, and other Aussie space companies. We talk about the intricacies of space contracts, current developments in the Australian space industry, and what the Moon Agreement might mean for Australian companies who want to mine space resources. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Thespacejunkpod Donna Lawler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-lawler/ Azimuth Advisory: https://azimuthadvisory.com.au/ The Moon Agreement: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/intromoon-agreement.html Music: 'Clair de Lune' (Debussy), performed by up and coming Australian musician James Hu. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
More Episodes
CONTENT WARNING: please be aware that this episode includes detailed discussions of wartime killing, and of targeted airstrikes in particular. In this episode I speak to Wing Commander Duncan Blake who spent 22 years as a legal officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, most recently in the...
Published 01/13/22
Published 01/13/22
This week I spoke to David Knoff, who recently spent 537 days in Antarctica as the leader at Davis Station. David and his team did not know when they left Australia in late 2019, that the COVID-19 pandemic would change the world and leave them isolated longer than they had ever expected and force...
Published 08/13/21