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...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... flight. Regulatory framework Much hinges on a quickly evolving Portuguese legal framework for space activities. Early in 2024, the country passed new space legislation laying the foundations for licensing and regulating launch activities, spaceport...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... purposes, on the basis of non-discrimination and international cooperation, as well as the new principle of LTS. National space legislation might be an efficient tool for solving the commercial aspects of the problem , when the public law aspect...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... of disputes around the world are territorial and since prevailing space legislation, particularly Article I and II of the Outer Space Treaty 1967, forbid claims to sovereignty in space, it would seem to make sense to drop the Westphalian concept...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... Woomera, Australia. However, in 1998 the Space Activities Act was legislated to provide a regulatory and safety regime for space activities both domestically and abroad. While much Australian federal space legislation exists, this remains the most...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... this is something that we all have to highlight with the regulators, as well as industry, when we create national space legislation. And we then need to act according to the principles of sustainability. This is the responsibility of the States, but...
