May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies”. In addition, one of the principal objectives...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... in initial stages of defining national legal schemes associated with space resources development, and how it relates to existing international law regarding space activities. Both the companies and the governments that oversee them find themselves...
October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... (AI), the Cloud and the Internet of Things are the top three areas in which companies are scaling up. International law firm Baker McKenzie states that a huge 77 percent of companies have already embarked on their digital transformation journey...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... is such a challenging concept - states are not necessarily sold on this being a requirement under international law. However, if this concept becomes ingrained in humanitarian law over the long-term, the data that could be acquired and used during...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... quite a number of representatives did not consider such activities as being in conflict with applicable international law, some representatives considered appropriation of space resources as a violation of the common benefits and non-appropriation...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... space. The limited geographical scope of the flights mean that it is highly unlikely that any of the protections in international law of rescue and return will be needed for either the Blue Origin or Virgin Galactic space tourism ventures...
