January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
..., it is the big spacefaring nations that are taking up all the space in space. Space cannot be locked up just by 11 launching states. The other 135 signatories to the Outer Space Treaty should also have an opportunity to benefit from that environment...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... (SPS) will be developed and operated in outer space, and constitute a ‘use’ of space, they are subject to the provisions of United Nations’ space treaties, in particular the 1967 ‘Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the...
04 February 2018
The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space Activities
... subject of who owns the Moon and other celestial bodies has been under discussion, by space lawyers at least, since the signing of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967; the typical answer has always been ‘no-one owns outer...
11 October 2018
Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism: legal and policy aspects
... in this multi-author tome) a decent index. Although the book includes the inevitable background on the Outer Space Treaty and the spaceflight liability regime, it covers present-day concerns about large satellite constellations and...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... orbit are being proposed as well. Our digital world is connected by these orbital broadcasting systems. The landmark space treaties of 50 years ago are now relics of a past world Remote sensing satellites provide us with a view back on our...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... of the boundaries of exisiting legislation, such as the Outer Space Treaty which was ratified in 1967. Freedom of exploration and the use of outer space is not only allowed by the Treaty (and the 1963 Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the...
