May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... with the legal nature of outer space as a legal common, which means that outer space and the celestial bodies cannot be appropriated by a single country. And then this provision continues that appropriation also by means of use is prohibited...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... catastrophes of one kind or another. According to some theories, the great Biblical flood could have been a consequence of a celestial body collision and the consequent tsunami. One of the most significant events happened 65 million years ago around...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... Moon but Article IV of the OST prohibits troops from being stationed, as a military fighting force, in any facility on a celestial body, including the Moon. There is no doubt that the military will continue to have a role in space. And it is left...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
...”, other provisions of the OST, especially Article I, stipulate that “Outer Space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
... the precise location of the fall is predicted correctly. Humanity has neither effective methods for detecting dangerous celestial bodies nor the capacity to protect itself from them These actions can only be possible with international cooperation...
October 2019
Are we prepared for SETI discovery?
...and thirdly, as far as we know, all fundamental constituents of life are present not only on many smaller celestial bodies, but also in interstellar space. The scientific search for extraterrestrial life, known as astrobiology, has developed recently...
