September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
...extended property rights into space and is writing new legal regulations for space activity. With the passage of the US commercial... least one space mining company, Planetary Resources. Regulation challenge The Dutch East India company created a class...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... surrounding policy and business case are resolved. Similarly, international norms and policies could be altered to streamline regulations and facilitate the business proposition, but that would not necessarily lead to a technical solution. All three...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
...be developed, which definitely takes time. Commercial (private) space activities as a relatively new subject for regulation do not fall under the scope of regulation of the existing space treaties adopted in the 1960s and 1970s. Article VI of the OST...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... response. As one legal scholar opines on debris: “Although there would be a real chance to avoid damages with foresighted regulation, the law will unfortunately remain in a reactive role. [...] States are entitled to give their opinion whether they...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... about defending. Cyber attacks could not only cause accidental but also deliberate collisions in space. Regulating regulations The defence of networks requires plenty of financial reserves to draw upon, fortified by legal requirements for cyber...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... on an international voyage”. A restrictive reading encompasses the transport of persons and cargo between international borders, but the Regulations would cover the pre-launch phase of any space activity prior to departure from Earth, and would...
