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The new ESPI Insights for March is now available! Special focus of the month is on the space insurance market and the three years of consecutive losses experienced by space insurance companies.

The recent months have seen a number of space companies announcing their future presence on stock markets through a merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Compnay (SPAC). This type of vehicle is increasingly used in the financial sector due to its advantages, but this situation also feeds concerns about the potential formation of an economic bubble. ESPI Executive Brief 49 analyses the pros and cons of SPACs and the perspectives they create for the European space sector.

Worldwide Space Law Essay Invitation - Call for Papers: 
“Outer Space and Cyber Space: any similarities or interrelations from a legal/policy point of view?”

The new ESPI Insights for February is now available! Special focus of the month is on the space insurance market and the three years of consecutive losses experienced by space insurance companies.

The European space sector is undergoing significant changes and is increasingly driven by commercial space activities in a highly competitive international market.

ESPI initiated a highly timely study on ‘Space Supporting Culture’ taking into account the ongoing efforts to protect worldwide the Culture Heritage by satellite technology. Various initiatives were already successfully undertaken such as the Copernicus hackathon supported by EURISY or the UNESCO “Open Initiative on the Use of Space Technologies to support the World Heritage Convention by the European Space Agency. There is still a lot at stake. ...