... by COPUOS in 2017 is important as an indication of the role of the COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy in the compliance of the OST. Major moons of our solar system. COSPAR’s Planetary Protection Policy is based on two rationales: 1. Ensure that the...
... regard to the corresponding interests of all other States. In addition, according to Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST), States are internationally responsible for national activities in outer space. Among other consequences, this means that...
...-governmental use of outer space - but as speakers at the recent Manfred-Lachs conference in Montreal, Canada, noted, the OST just did not foresee outer space as an area destined for commercial exploitation. The US Space Act is therefore...
..., under the definition of a ‘space object’. The author aligns with the view that Article VIII of the OST gives a clear answer to this question, implying that abandonment cannot exist in outer space and that even...
...first port of call is the Outer Space Treaty (OST). View from above - Virgin Galactic’s Vice President of Government...), neither of which takes the discussion any further forward. As the OST was written at the height of the Cold War, those drafting it...
...law that has widespread acceptance is the Outer Space Treaty (OST). The so-called Moon Treaty has only a few signatories ...use of nuclear systems in space. The most relevant parts of the OST are Articles I and II. Article I ‘The exploration and use of ...