March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... purposes, on the basis of non-discrimination and international cooperation, as well as the new principle of LTS. National space legislation might be an efficient tool for solving the commercial aspects of the problem , when the public law aspect...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... to determine the legality of asteroid resource ownership. In November 2015, the United States’ Congress passed carefully crafted legislation that recognised the right of private companies to own resources they obtain from asteroids and a few days...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
...its resources. At present, practical space law is being developed through a combination of international soft law and national legislation, of which the Artemis Accords (see ‘A shared vision for space exploration’, ROOM #28, p58,) are a prime example...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
.... Additionally ESA works together with European industry to identify materials in their processes that might be targeted by legislation such as REACh and to develop replacements. Our impacts on the near-Earth environment also call for actions...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... sense to drop the Westphalian concept of nation states on Earth before reaching out to space. It makes political and legislative sense to cooperate rather than transfer earthly competition and conflict to outer space. It also makes economic sense...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...as well as the concerned international institutions. National legislation and institutions concerned with space and related matters... United Arab Emirates indicated they would also draft legislation regarding space mining activities and the former has ...
