Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. He also co-directs the Outer Space Institute, a global network of space experts united by their commitment to transdisciplinary research that addresses grand challenges in the use and exploration of space. Together with astrophysicist Aaron Boley, Professor Byers is the co-author of a new book – Who Owns Outer Space? – that will soon be published by Cambridge University Press.