McGill University is a prominent Canadian higher education and research institution actively involved in the space industry through its research centers, academic programs, and contributions to space law. The university's Faculty of Engineering has a strategic focus on aerospace, with approximately 40 professors engaged in related research, and it offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Aerospace Engineering. McGill is home to the Trottier Space Institute (TSI), an interdisciplinary center that brings together researchers in astrophysics, planetary science, atmospheric science, astrobiology, and other space-related areas, fostering collaborations and supporting technology development for space research. McGill also houses the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, which contributes to the development of international space law.
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Anthony Ricciardi is a biology professor and the Director of the Bieler School of Environment at McGill University.
McGill University received a $436,456 FAST Category A grant for metal combustion technology for in-situ space resource utilization and orbital debris removal.
McGill University received a $289,568 FAST Category B grant for precision radio cosmology from the Canadian high Arctic with MIST and ALBATROS.
In 2017, McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law criticized the use of the 2005 Remote Sensing Space Systems Act as a general outer space law for launch regulation.
The McGill University review recommended creating a new General Outer Space Act.
Luigi Pozzebon holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Honours Electrical from McGill University.
Thomas Bury is a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University and co-author of the paper.