Webinar: Star Laws: The Final Frontier

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The United States Space Force is the space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services founded on December 20, 2019. 
 
Space Law: the Final Frontier will be one of the most informative and entertaining webinars you will have ever attended about governing Treaties and Laws. Come take a journey into space and understand the laws that govern us here on earth and what Laws and Governments/Federations will govern us in space.
 
   -Wouldn't you want to know the law if someone/something hit your spaceship? 
   -The occupied Moon, a shattered space station, and falling satellites. Were the Rebels or the Empire liable?
   -Did the U.S.S. Enterprise clean it up?
   -Can you turn the Moon into a Death Star?
 
Come learn about the laws of Outer Space both international and domestic.


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  • Date: 28 Apr 2020
  • Time: 06:00 PM to 07:15 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • Houston, Texas
  • United States

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  • Co-sponsored by Christopher Sanderson
  • Starts 10 April 2020 01:00 PM
  • Ends 27 April 2020 12:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • No Admission Charge


  Speakers

Grant Davis Grant Davis

Biography:

Grant Davis works for Lockheed Martin Space, programming simulations for the Orion Spacecraft which will be orbiting the Moon in 2021. Grant is a Professional Engineer in Software, one of 54 certified in Texas. He has a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has Masters Degrees in Software Engineering and Finance from the University of Houston at Clear Lake.

Benjamin Ritz, JD Benjamin Ritz, JD of Thompson Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

Biography:

Benjamin Ritz is an associate attorney at Thompson Coe where he handles complex commercial and insurance litigation. He has extensive experience with federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas, the Supreme Court of Ireland, two appellate courts, and two trial courts. Also, while studying abroad in Prague, he had the opportunity to take a class on U.S. Supreme Court history with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

"Outside the office, Benjamin enjoys spending time with his son, attending conventions with his author wife, playing board games, attending and participating in theater, trying new restaurants, and traveling. Ben is an Eagle Scout, a law nerd, and a science fiction nerd."

 






Agenda

Learning Objective

1. Understand some of the U.S. laws that govern space.

2. Learn the founding principle documents that govern space on earth among many nations.

3. Have some fun and learn whats to come in space law.