September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... conducted their first flights. That said, when contemplating the lawfulness of any activity in outer space, the first port of call is the Outer Space Treaty (OST). View from above - Virgin Galactic’s Vice President of Government Affairs & Research...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies know colloquially as The Outer Space Treaty (OST)23 has been widely ratified by nations24 and is recognised...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...operating the invaded facility is also required to be authorised by its state of nationality. From the perspective of the Outer Space Treaty, an invasion against the authorised facilities of a company is the same as an attack on the authorising state...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... its environmental and ethical dimensions. He also critiques the inadequacies of existing space treaties, such as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which lacks clear enforcement mechanisms to prevent the monopolisation of celestial resources. Instead...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... was hailed as a “reference standard for spacefaring nations in guiding compliance with Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty”. Under a later space law treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, States are obliged to share information on “conditions...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... internationally. As the IISL states in its December 2015 ‘Position Paper on Space Resource Mining’, the new US Act is ‘a possible interpretation of the Outer Space Treaty. Whether and to what extent this interpretation is shared by other States...
