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The Outer Space Treaty and Legal Space Opera

June 25, 2020 Laura Montgomery

When wearing my science fiction writer’s hat, I haven’t found my day job as a space lawyer uniformly helpful.  Sure,…

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Overruled

April 14, 2020 Laura Montgomery 4 Comments

I had the honor of co-authoring a short story with Dragon and Prometheus Awards winner Sarah A. Hoyt of Darkship…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: Article VI, FAA, Outer Space Treaty, science fiction

Delta-V Pop Quiz (with spoilers)

September 5, 2019 Laura Montgomery 3 Comments

I promised you all a quiz a few weeks ago on Daniel Suarez’ Delta-V.  You don’t have to have read…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: Article VI, FAA, property rights, regulation, science fiction

Pop Quiz

August 13, 2019 Laura Montgomery 2 Comments

It’s summer. And we all know what a lot of us do in summer. We go on lazy vacations where…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: alternate future history, asteroid mining, property rights, regulation, science fiction

Fractional Ownership

January 23, 2019 Laura Montgomery

We  pause in our regularly scheduled programming for a commercial interruption.  I have just published a new short story, Fractional…

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Promethea Invicta

September 5, 2018 Laura Montgomery 5 Comments

Science Fiction.  The Sovereign Republic of Texas contains a rising star, a company called Helios, a spacefaring enterprise that vertically…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: alternate future history, FAA, license, permit, science fiction

Rapunzel

July 6, 2018 Laura Montgomery

I’ve just published a new short story.  It’s called Rapunzel, and is a tale of first contact.  Check it out…

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Law in Science Fiction

July 3, 2018 Laura Montgomery 3 Comments

Happy Independence Day! Since it’s a holiday week, I’ll share a curated summer reading list for those of you who…

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High Justice and Criminal Jurisdiction in Space (with spoilers)

June 12, 2018 Laura Montgomery 10 Comments

I read Jerry Pournelle’s High Justice long ago.  It is a short story about Aeneas MacKenzie, an idealistic, populist lawyer,…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: criminal law, science fiction

Just Released: Early Spaceports

March 5, 2018 Laura Montgomery 5 Comments

Early Spaceports is dedicated to my FAA and NASA friends from the weekly NASA telecon.  That’s what we called it…

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Posted in: uncategorized Filed under: government astronauts, science fiction, spaceports

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