Michelle Hanlon
Born
Michelle Lea Desyin Slawecki
NationalityPolish-Chinese-American
Alma mater
OrganizationFor All Moonkind
Known forSpace law expert and advocate for the protection of heritage in outer space
Websitewww.forallmoonkind.org

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, and Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.[2][3][4][5]

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]

In March 2023, Hanlon announced at the meeting of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the formation of the Institute on Space Law and Ethics a "new nonprofit organization will go beyond advocating for protecting off-world heritage sites and contemplate the ethics around some activities in space that are not fully covered in existing international law."[17] While Space ethics is a discipline that discusses the moral the ethical implications of space exploration the Institute on Space Law and Ethics will look to address current issues in space exploration.

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 the Executive Director of the Master of Laws program in the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.[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

  1. ^ Garst, Aron (2020-03-10). "How Star Trek's Prime Directive is influencing real-time space law". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. ^ a b Staff Report (2018-09-10). "Flying Cars to Asteroid Mining: UM Prepares for Future Legal Issues". Ole Miss News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. ^ a b Drake, Nadia (2019-07-11). "Should Neil Armstrong's Bootprints Be on the Moon Forever?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ "How Do You Preserve History On The Moon?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ David, Leonard (2019-06-04). "Space Act Calls for Protection of Apollo 11 Landing Site". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Inside the Fight to Save the Moon's Historic Sites". Time. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  8. ^ David, Leonard. "NASA Proposes New Rules for Moon-Focused Space Race". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  9. ^ a b "President Signs Law Protecting Lunar Heritage Sites". Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  10. ^ Kovach, John (2019-07-09). "New Canaan group works to save Apollo sites". New Canaan Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  11. ^ Wall, Mike. "New Group Works to Preserve Apollo Lunar Landing Sites". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  12. ^ "Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into space". Engadget. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  13. ^ "The Space Review: In the new spectrum of space law, will Biden favor the Moon Treaty?". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Feldscher, Jacqueline. "How a park on the moon could lead to more consensus on space exploration". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  16. ^ Smith, Marsha (2021-10-20). "Hague Institute's "Off-World Approach" Seeks Inclusive, Equitable Space Future". SpacePolicyOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  17. ^ "Lunar laws Could Protect the Moon from Humanity".
  18. ^ "Lunar Laws Could Protect the Moon from Humanity".
  19. ^ "Michelle Hanlon | School of Law | Ole Miss".

Further reading

  1. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2021, Due Regard and Safety Zones: Understanding the Commercial Implications of Recent Policy and Legislation, NASA
  2. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2020, The Artemis Accords: What Are They and Will They Work?, NASA
  3. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2020, Is Section 9 The Most Important Part of The Artemis Accords?, Moon Village Association
  4. 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
  5. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2021, “Due Regard” for Commercial Space Must Start with Historic Preservation, 9 Global Bus. L. Rev. 130
  6. 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
  7. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2019, Adapting the ISS Code of Conduct to Form the Foundation of Astrolaw, San Diego International Law Journal, Volume 21
  8. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2017, Sexual Hostility a Mile High, Hastings Women's Law Journal, Volume 28, number 2
  9. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, 2018, Here a Spaceport, There a Spaceport, Everywhere a Spaceport, Journal of Space Law, Volume 42
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