July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... parliament since June 2018. Mahulena Hofmann explains why Luxembourg needs a space legislation and provides an update on progress. The international treaties on space activities which are binding upon Luxembourg do not make operators internationally...
February 2022
A new legal system for space
... and inevitable, so we need to think more broadly about how we properly legislate, regulate and nurture the future of space. Forgive the pun, but the commercialisation of space is currently happening in a vacuum: a vacuum of law and regulation. Once...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
...should not be overlooked. On the contrary: they may be more decisive to private companies than the identified incentives in space legislation. One fine example is the Isle of Man’s policy. This British Crown Dependency provides several advantages for...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... to help protect the increasingly crowded near-Earth orbital environment. Its ‘Plan for Space Sustainability’ includes a review of secondary legislation and associated regulations, with a specific focus on orbital constellations which are rapidly...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... such is not the case. It goes beyond the traditional argument that the letters of international legislation governing activities in outer space are either not accepted by the respective countries (Moon Agreement) or are too general and too...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... where we should expect Wild West scenes or any sort of first-come-first-served maxim. In addition to this, space legislation clearly states the important principles of rule of law (including future law regime in Article 11 of the Moon agreement...
