Michelle Hanlon
Michelle Lea Desyin Slawecki Hanlon (born August 8, 1965) is an American space lawyer and space law professor.[1] She is the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of For All Moonkind, president of the National Space Society, co-director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.[2][3][4][5]
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Born | Michelle Lea Desyin Slawecki |
Nationality | Polish-Chinese-American |
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Organization | For All Moonkind |
Known for | Space law expert and advocate for the protection of heritage in outer space |
Website | www |
In July 2017, Hanlon co-founded For All Moonkind with Tim Hanlon. It is a nonprofit organization protecting human cultural heritage in outer space.[6][7][8] The organization is a permanent observer to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.[9] It advocates internationally, including with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, for the development of protocols to identify and protect human history in space.[10][11][3][12][13]
Hanlon serves on the advisory board of several start-ups involved in commercial space activities, including orbital debris removal, remote sensing, and the support of lunar resource extraction.[14][15] In 2021, Hanlon joined the Advisory Council of The Hague Institute for Global Justice Off-World Approach, created to serve as a platform "where leading experts in space enterprise can work to develop a rule of law in space that is flexible, inclusive, and permissive for the next generation of space adventurers to excel."[16]
Hanlon is the editor-in-chief of each of the Journal of Space Law and the Journal of Drone Law and Policy.[9] She serves as co-director of the Master of Laws program in the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.[17][18]
Education
Hanlon completed high school in 1983 at the Kent School, Kent, Connecticut. In 1987, Hanlon received a B.A. in political science at Yale College. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1992.[19]
Later in 2017, she studied air and space law at McGill University and graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a Master of Laws degree in air and space law.[2]
References
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- Staff Report (2018-09-10). "Flying Cars to Asteroid Mining: UM Prepares for Future Legal Issues". Ole Miss News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Drake, Nadia (2019-07-11). "Should Neil Armstrong's Bootprints Be on the Moon Forever?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- "How Do You Preserve History On The Moon?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- David, Leonard (2019-06-04). "Space Act Calls for Protection of Apollo 11 Landing Site". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Historic preservation taken out of this world: Oxford couple founds 'For All Moonkind' to push for protection of moon landing sites, human objects in space". The Dispatch. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- "Inside the Fight to Save the Moon's Historic Sites". Time. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- David, Leonard. "NASA Proposes New Rules for Moon-Focused Space Race". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- "President Signs Law Protecting Lunar Heritage Sites". Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Kovach, John (2019-07-09). "New Canaan group works to save Apollo sites". New Canaan Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Wall, Mike. "New Group Works to Preserve Apollo Lunar Landing Sites". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into space". Engadget. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- "The Space Review: In the new spectrum of space law, will Biden favor the Moon Treaty?". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Sheldon, John (2020-04-22). "#SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Michelle Hanlon On How The Moon Agreement Is Finished". SpaceWatch.Global. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Feldscher, Jacqueline. "How a park on the moon could lead to more consensus on space exploration". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Smith, Marsha (2021-10-20). "Hague Institute's "Off-World Approach" Seeks Inclusive, Equitable Space Future". SpacePolicyOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "The Space Review: Hard law or soft law? The debate about the future of space law". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Kriening, Torsten (2021-03-29). "Space Café Recap: Young Global Talents featuring Prof. Michelle Hanlon". SpaceWatch.Global. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- "Michelle Hanlon | School of Law | Ole Miss".
Further reading
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2021, Due Regard and Safety Zones: Understanding the Commercial Implications of Recent Policy and Legislation, NASA
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2020, The Artemis Accords: What Are They and Will They Work?, NASA
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2020, Is Section 9 The Most Important Part of The Artemis Accords?, Moon Village Association
- H. Alshamsi, R. Balleste, M.L.D. Hanlon, 2018, As the Grapefruit Turns Sixty, It's Time to Get Serious about Clean up in Outer Space, J. Air L. & Com. 83, 45
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2021, “Due Regard” for Commercial Space Must Start with Historic Preservation, 9 Global Bus. L. Rev. 130
- M.L.D. Hanlon & B. Cunningham, 2019, The Legal Imperative to Mitigate the Plume Effect: An “Aggravation and Frustration” that Imperils our History and our Future, Journal of Space Law, Volume 43, number 2
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2019, Adapting the ISS Code of Conduct to Form the Foundation of Astrolaw, San Diego International Law Journal, Volume 21
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2017, Sexual Hostility a Mile High, Hastings Women's Law Journal, Volume 28, number 2
- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2018, Here a Spaceport, There a Spaceport, Everywhere a Spaceport, Journal of Space Law, Volume 42