...debris may be partially sought in the introduction of some kind of legal criterion of non-functionality into space law to differentiate between valuable space objects and simple debris. The proverbial fly in the ointment is who can - or must - decide...
... practice for more than 20 years. Focused on the relationship between law and emerging and evolving technologies, she is currently pursuing an LLM in Air and Space Law at McGill University. Roy Balleste is a member of the Advisory Council of For...
... Parties and with concurrence of the majority. About the author Upasana Dasgupta is a PhD candidate in law at the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University. Her doctoral thesis deals with preventing collisions in outer...
...framework that their influence will extend to the use of space by States. By way of background, the Outer Space Treaty 1967 (OST) constitutes the central instrument of the international space law framework. The central aim of Article I, regarding the...
... Congress is an annual event held by the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law. Registration for this year's IAC is still open; more information is available here.
...and development. A key aspect that comes to the fore in any contemporary writing on space law is the fact that existing space law – as enshrined in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and its offshoots – is not directly applicable to many of today’s promised...