The Policy Commons website aims to provide public access to policy analysis on major issues. One section of focus is space policy.
The website features space policy briefs, research reports, data, events information, and more. The content comes from space policy experts professionals at institutions including policy think tanks, research groups, government agencies, and legal/regulatory organizations.
The space policy materials cover topics relevant to the emerging space economy, such as:
- Regulations and approaches for mitigating orbital debris and space traffic management
- Policies for promoting technology transfer from NASA to commercial space companies
- The role of government investment and public-private partnerships in the space industry
- Policy implications of space tourism, mining asteroid resources, satellite broadband, and other commercial space activities
- Laws and oversight for private human spaceflight
The website’s objective is to compile space policy insights from across academia, government, industry, and civil society into one centralized, freely accessible knowledge base.
The website can serve as a resource for policymakers crafting space regulations, journalists reporting on the space industry and policy issues, space companies seeking to comply with policy frameworks, and other stakeholders interested in space policy matters.
As the commercial space economy continues growing, Policy Commons provides a repository of non-partisan information and research to support informed policy conversations and decision-making related to the responsible expansion of the sector.