Ascending to Space: Critical Perspectives from New Zealand and other Nations

Maria A. Pozza

Apr 2024 · Springer Nature

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This book explores multidisciplinary perspectives on critical issues in space from the viewpoints of New Zealand and other nations. It brings together the topics examined at the Otago Foreign Policy School 2022 by both domestic and international experts in the area of space, and includes the opening address on space policy delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to New Zealand’s growing space sector in conjunction with other nations’ perspectives on space. It encompasses space science, military and defence matters, space tourism and astronaut rescue, and international legal and policy frameworks, while taking into account future considerations. Readers such as academics, students, policy advisers, diplomats, government officials and others engaged in the field of space will find value in this book. It will appeal to think tanks and international institutions grappling with the complexities that are presented by the outer space domain.

About the author

Dr Maria A. Pozza is a Barrister and Solicitor admitted in New Zealand. She specialises in Space law and operates Gravity Lawyers, a law firm that specialises indomestic New Zealand space law and international space law, as well as cyber, privacy, data and technology laws. As a space law expert, Dr Maria’s expertise is often called upon by a range of international and domestic clients, agencies, and institutions. Dr Maria is an adjunct lecturer at the Massey School of Aviation, Massey University, New Zealand and a lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand for the Masters in Applied Computing programme. Dr Maria is a committee member for the establishment of the arbitration Courts of Space – Dubai, and she sits as an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. Dr Maria is an external PhD supervisor for the Politics Department at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, where she served asa Director of the 56th Otago Foreign Policy School (2022) “Ascending into Space: New Zealand's Role as a Space-Faring Nation”. She continues to serve as a Committee Member for the School.

Dr Maria A. Pozza has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades that recognise her contribution to the growth of the space industry in New Zealand as well as space law domestically. Most recently, she was awarded by NZ and Australian Lawyers Magazine the Most Influential Lawyer in New Zealand Award, and the Elite Woman Lawyer New Zealand Award.

Dr. Maria A. Pozza is the Editor of the Space Law and Policy Book Series for Springer.

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