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...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
... for the peaceful use of space. Its key principles - peaceful purposes, prohibition of military bases, international responsibility, non-appropriation, and cooperation - align naturally with planetary defence. Yet too often, national sovereignty and...
05 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...
