August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) as a permanent body, which had 24 members at the time. It has now grown to 84 members. Non-appropriation of outer space Adherence to academic discussion does not yield any useful results in the practice of carrying out...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... of nations took a major step to promote the peaceful exploration and use of outer space by the adoption of the non-appropriation doctrine. Article II of the Treaty provides: “Outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen the exclusion of smaller bodies from the non-appropriation regime has been discussed, thus making them fully appropriable (‘smaller’ was defined as up to around 600 km, which is the size of the asteroid...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... which would allow a fair and satisfying use of space resources. If we follow current legal framework, we encounter an imperative ‘non-appropriation” principle, as well as the principle for using outer space for peaceful purposes and for the “benefit...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... NewSpace companies that intend to commercialise this field of space activities. What will happen tomorrow to the principle of non-appropriation, to the notion of common heritage? No one can reasonably say. The fact remains that, in its current state...
04 November 2015
Colonizing Mars – the legal way
... it. As Sarah Burns and Jacob Haqq-Misra write in the Guardian, “The absolute restriction on sovereign claims by the non-appropriation principle [in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967] could lead to future conflict.” How to work to resolve this? Well...
