Author: lmontgomery

I’m looking forward to participating in the Hotel Mars segment of the John Batchelor Show tomorrow night, Wednesday, at 6:30.  John plans to discuss the Outer Space Treaty. UPDATE:  It turns out that was the recording of the podcast, which will show up on the site later.  I will try to provide a link when…

All industries have their own lingo.  The space business does. I left my job as a space lawyer at the Federal Aviation Administration last summer.  In addition to missing a whole bunch of people, I miss the language.  I remember in Scaled Composite’s early days for SpaceShipOne, which is a rocket that launches from a…

For anyone interested in issues concerning the regulation of outer space, the link to the episode of The Space Show with me on it is at:   www.thespaceshow.com/show/20-mar-2017/broadcast-2886-laura-montgomery . The background for the very narrow point I was making comes from Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty.  It says: States Parties to the Treaty shall…

I will be on The Space Show tonight at 5:00 p.m. EDT to discuss commercial space regulation and Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty with host Dr. David Livingstone.  You can listen at www.TheSpaceShow.com.  I’m looking forward to this! by

The Space Subcommittee of the House Science Committee on Science, Space, and Technology will hold a space regulation hearing on Wednesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. in the Rayburn Building.  The hearing is titled Regulating Space:  Innovation, Liberty, and International Obligations.  I am honored to be included on the witness list. by

I am looking forward to participating this Friday in the Update Conference of the Forum on Air and Space Law of the American Bar Association.  I will be on the space law panel in the morning, and will address issues arising out of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty.   (Yeah, I know:  so much…

I’ve loved science fiction since the missionary school I attended in Northern Thailand received a boatload of books from a nearby U.S. Air Force installation. One of those books was Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I had already graduated from horse books to Edgar Rice Burroughs, but I knew deep in my bones…

Sleeping Duty is on sale this week for $.99, marked down from its regular price of $2.99. by

This little story in the Atlantic has been haunting me for days: When Bing Crosby or Robert Goulet or Carrie Underwood sing of “a star, a star, dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite,” it evokes the biblical Star of Bethlehem, leading the magi to the son of God. It…

I love giving books as gifts.  Here are a few I highly recommend! They are each a great combination of fun, harrowing, and high adventure, with characters you’ll love.  They’re just right for the season.  Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! J.M. Ney-Grimm’s fantasy Winter Glory is a glittering tale of two people, who…