December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... around a core group of five multilateral agreements collectively known as Corpus Iuris Spatialis. The Outer Space Treaty (OST), signed in 1967, outlines the main principles governing space activities, where the other agreements elaborate on specific...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... hand mission planners a copy of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and say “follow this” Although the Artemis Accords have been...same time committing to the freedom of access required by the OST. There is one provision of the Accords that marks something ...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... well as the other widely adopted treaties and conventions, [10] is silent as to extraterrestrial resource use. Other provisions in the OST, however, support the concept that with the use of space, personal property rights can be established. Article...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
...is taking steps to embrace this new industry Whilst the OST describes the general concepts for responsible and peaceful use ...believed the right to own resources was inferred in the OST while others believed that it strictly forbade such ownership. In...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... of which is the well-known Outer Space Treaty (OST). The OST has been called an “ideological charter for the Space ... directly benefit humankind in accordance with Article I of the OST. They would also allow, and possibly even encourage, investment...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... own space activities and liability for any objects launched (Articles VI to VIII). The environmental focus of the OST is found in Article IX and provides that states must conduct their space activities, ‘..so as to avoid their harmful contamination...
