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...
04 November 2015
Colonizing Mars – the legal way
... on the issue must begin on an international level. “The current state of affairs is too ambiguous,” they caution. In general space legislation has had a hard time catching up to progress in recent decades. ROOM authors have already argued for a new...
June 2014
The peaceful use of space
... (resolution 59/115); on enhancing the practice of registering objects launched into space (resolution 62/101); and on national space legislation (resolution 68/74). The space arena has seen a massive surge in activity in recent years. The increasing...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... and between States will improve the security and sustainability of outer space, and the best way to implement the Registration Convention is through national space legislation. A Russian Meridian satellite being prepared for display at the Plesetsk...
