Artemis Accords: Why many countries are refusing to sign moon exploration agreement
Only eight countries have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of guidelines surrounding the Artemis Program for crewed exploration of the moon.
Christopher Newman
Professor of Space Law and Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Christopher graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in History with English and American Studies. After working in the Metropolitan Police, he studied at Northumbria University for his Postgraduate Diploma in Law (CPE) and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC), and secured a training contract in a high street firm of solicitors in Hartlepool. Christopher left legal practice in 2004 and joined the University of Sunderland, where he obtained his PhD in Cross-Comparative Public Order Law in 2011, becoming Reader in Law in 2013.
