September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... (Article VII); and there is a registration requirement which gives a state jurisdiction and control of any space object (Article VIII). The Treaty does not mention tourism specifically but, as per Article I, the business of enabling ...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... exist in the world, more than 15 States and their private companies possess the ability to launch space objects, and seven states have the capability to send a probe to extra-terrestrial locations such as the Moon, Mars or ...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... business success is not stifled through outdated regulation. The immediate aim is to determine how to relax liability when a space object causes damage in space or on the ground. However, it remains to be seen whether the review will broadly impact...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...’ is covered in s1(4) and covers the launching (or procurement of the launch or return to Earth) of a space object, operating a space object or any activity in outer space. ROOM magazine is cited by MP John Hayes during the British Parliament debate...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, whether..., and does not protect Earth from man-made space objects (i.e. space debris) or from the impact of large asteroids ...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... sites on the Moon – given the presence of numerous historically significant satellites and objects in LEO and the growing risk of collisions with other space objects, and the immense historical significance of the Apollo landing sites and artefacts...
