Art Cotterell
@artcotterell.bsky.social
Power, policies and politics of emerging technology | Space and nuclear | Former policy advisor + lawyer turned academic with the Australian National University
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Art Cotterell
@artcotterell.bsky.social
· Sep 12
For too long, colonial language has dominated space exploration. There is a better way
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward.
theconversation.com
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward. Out today: collaborative piece by myself and William Grant, promoted by the revival in rhetoric of space as the “manifest destiny” of the US. theconversation.com/for-too-long...
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward. Out today: collaborative piece by myself and William Grant, promoted by the revival in rhetoric of space as the “manifest destiny” of the US. theconversation.com/for-too-long...
For too long, colonial language has dominated space exploration. There is a better way
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward.
theconversation.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
How we talk about outer space shapes the futures we imagine and build. Indigenous perspectives offer a better way forward. Out today: collaborative piece by myself and William Grant, promoted by the revival in rhetoric of space as the “manifest destiny” of the US. theconversation.com/for-too-long...
Good to be interviewed about plans to setup nuclear power reactors on the Moon by the US and China and Russia, and why we need int’l cooperation rather than launching global rivalries and inequalities off-Earth: www.news.com.au/technology/s... @anuregnet.bsky.social @acsg.bsky.social
www.news.com.au
September 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Good to be interviewed about plans to setup nuclear power reactors on the Moon by the US and China and Russia, and why we need int’l cooperation rather than launching global rivalries and inequalities off-Earth: www.news.com.au/technology/s... @anuregnet.bsky.social @acsg.bsky.social
As a #DavidLynch fan and someone interested in how we come to understand tech via pop culture, Lynch’s use of the atomic age to comment on the told & untold consequences of tech, and how tech reflects humanity’s power to both create & destroy is worthy of attention as many reflect on his work 🧵
January 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
As a #DavidLynch fan and someone interested in how we come to understand tech via pop culture, Lynch’s use of the atomic age to comment on the told & untold consequences of tech, and how tech reflects humanity’s power to both create & destroy is worthy of attention as many reflect on his work 🧵
Announcement of the new UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies reminded me that the first resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1946 was on tech governance, in response to what was then the recent discovery of nuclear energy and the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons
January 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Announcement of the new UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies reminded me that the first resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1946 was on tech governance, in response to what was then the recent discovery of nuclear energy and the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons
United Nations starting the year with a new Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. Mandate to implement the Global Digital Compact from last year’s Summit of the Future. GDC centres tech for the benefit of all, with a focus on digital cooperation, and AI and data governance to achieve this.
Press Release | A new UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies | Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology
1 January 2025 – As of 1 January 2025, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology will transition to a new UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET). This historic developm...
www.un.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
United Nations starting the year with a new Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. Mandate to implement the Global Digital Compact from last year’s Summit of the Future. GDC centres tech for the benefit of all, with a focus on digital cooperation, and AI and data governance to achieve this.
Since I wrote this in Oct on the need for opening dialogue on space governance between the US-led Artemis and China-led ILRS frameworks, Thailand has just become the first nation to join both. Interesting to see if any others follow now this ‘first’ has occurred. theconversation.com/space-isnt-a...
Space isn’t all about the ‘race’ – rival superpowers must work together for a better future
The latest ‘space race’ between the US and China aims to get people back on the Moon. But the path to get there doesn’t have to be rife with conflict.
theconversation.com
December 24, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Since I wrote this in Oct on the need for opening dialogue on space governance between the US-led Artemis and China-led ILRS frameworks, Thailand has just become the first nation to join both. Interesting to see if any others follow now this ‘first’ has occurred. theconversation.com/space-isnt-a...
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I'm glad he's happy!! But not only is that metric Not a Thing - if the COPUOS definition of 'consensus' was 'a 51% majority', it would be a *very* different room.
And, even if we did go by that metric, only 48 Artemis signatories are COPUOS members - and Liechtenstein is not one of them.
And, even if we did go by that metric, only 48 Artemis signatories are COPUOS members - and Liechtenstein is not one of them.
Gold: With 52 Members, Artemis Accords Now Represent Global Consensus spacepolicyonline.com/news/gold-wi...
Gold: With 52 Members, Artemis Accords Now Represent Global Consensus
Posted: December 21, 2024 2:19 pm ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2024 2:19 pm ET | Liechtenstein became the 52nd signatory to the U.S.-led Artemis Accords on December 20, 2024. Now half of the member...
spacepolicyonline.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I'm glad he's happy!! But not only is that metric Not a Thing - if the COPUOS definition of 'consensus' was 'a 51% majority', it would be a *very* different room.
And, even if we did go by that metric, only 48 Artemis signatories are COPUOS members - and Liechtenstein is not one of them.
And, even if we did go by that metric, only 48 Artemis signatories are COPUOS members - and Liechtenstein is not one of them.
‘Space mainstreaming’ - what is it and why it matters to advancing national priorities. My latest policy piece published by @acsg.bsky.social proposes this new concept to better integrate considerations of space tech’s benefits and risks across govt policy-making spacegovcentre.org/_files/ugd/e...
December 20, 2024 at 6:38 AM
‘Space mainstreaming’ - what is it and why it matters to advancing national priorities. My latest policy piece published by @acsg.bsky.social proposes this new concept to better integrate considerations of space tech’s benefits and risks across govt policy-making spacegovcentre.org/_files/ugd/e...