Ascending to Space

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.

• Introduction to the Book.- Opening Address.- Chapter 1: International Space Law: An Overview.- Chapter 2: Emergency Assistance and Rescue Obligations for Commercial and Private Spacefarers in the Context of the History, Present and Future of Human Spaceflight.- Chapter 3: The Artemis Accords: A New Phase in the Development of Outer Space Law.- Chapter 4: Deconfliction of Space Activities: Lunar Safety Zones.- Chapter 5: Military Activities and Operations in Space: An Unfolding Legal Universe.- Chapter 6: The New Zealand Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 and the Statutory Review — A Dance Between International and Domestic Law.- Chapter 7: Transformational Trends in India’s Space Programme.- Chapter 8: Knowing Me, Knowing You: A Critique of the UK Space Strategy.- Chapter 9: LISA: Global Space Science and New Zealand’s Contribution.- Chapter 10: Space Weather: A Global Hazard from Space to New Zealand’s Technological Infrastructure.- Chapter 11: Light Pollution and the Future of Space Science and Astronomy.- Chapter 12: New Zealand’s Growing Space Sector: A Technological and Science Perspective.