... Competitiveness Act that explicitly allows US citizens to “engage in the commercial exploration and exploitation of space resources (including ... water and minerals)”. Luxembourg also passed a law in 2017 that gives companies the rights to whatever...
... Whitehead (lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) have proposed applying the New Zealand model to space resources, including the Moon. This view of the Moon’s north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo...
... that a more efficient, greener solution will be developed to complete the full sunshade. This is where the use of space resources becomes crucial, and where the sunshade begins to fulfil O’Neill’s vision. The transition from terrestrially-launched...
..., and provide for the balance of public and commercial interests in the exploration and use of space. The problem of space resource mining as a challenge to the LTS should be a priority, not only for separate states but for the international...
... drawings and testing reports. While this may reduce the profit margin and thus the attractiveness of space resource extraction and utilisation to private companies, we posit that compliance with safety standards, and up-to-date understanding of all...
... risks. Finally, there is the political issue surrounding the contestation of orbital and other space resources by State and non-State actors alike. Earth’s orbital space and the frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum constitute finite natural...