March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... impact - to send the last command to Rosetta. It was a very emotional moment for all of us. I am writing this final article just two days after the end of the Rosetta mission. This adventure has been a major part...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... Bodies, Dec. 5, 1979, 1363 U.N.T.S. 3, (entered into force Jul. 11, 1984). 11 Outer Space Treaty, Article I. 12 Id. at Article IV. 13 Id. at Article IX. 14 Id. at Article VIII. 15 See http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/sampreq/LunarAllocHndbk...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
...bodies by means of sovereignty, by means of use or by any other means. Thereby only the notion of sovereignty is fully clear. Article II prohibits in fact the taking of areas of celestial bodies as well as in outer space. The idea behind this is that...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... ‘space object’ It has been said that consent is a well-established, if not self-evident, principle. Article 20 of the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA) reads as follows: “Valid consent by a State to the...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... results of plans and calculations to share with peers as the exploration effort grew and gained momentum. This article celebrates our spaceflight heritage, along with dreams of the future, from the perspective of the past. It is not...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... said about the essence, scope, boundaries of and requirements for private space activities. However, the said Article VI also stipulates that states shall authorise and continuously supervise non-governmental space operations, so appropriate control...
