Episode 3 is a collaboration between the American Red Cross and the ASIL Space Law Interest Group and is part of the greater Zoom event series, "Utopia (Star Trek) or Empire (Star Wars), The Predictive Power of Pop Culture."
In the absence of State practice in outer space, we turn to narratives in books, movies, and other media to creatively explore questions of law and policy in outer space.
In Episode 3, what can we learn about resource scarcity, insider threats, and over-reliance on technology from Frank Herbert's novel Dune and its recent film adaptation? How may these lessons be applied in outer space, on the Moon, or on Mars?
Join the panel of distinguished legal experts to examine a wide range of issues, from great power competition on Arrakis to the conduct of hostilities between the Atreides, Harkonnen, and Fremen.
Panelists:
-CDR Tracy Reynolds, United States Navy JAG Corps;
-David Kohnen, the Captain Tracy Barrett Kittredge Scholar of War Studies and Maritime History at the US Naval War College;
-Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Co-Director of the Air and Space Law Program at the University of Mississippi School of Law and its Center for Air and Space Law;
-Thomas Harper, Senior Counsel, International Humanitarian Law, American Red Cross National Headquarters;
-Namrata Goswami, author of "Scramble for the Skies The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space."