November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...framework that their influence will extend to the use of space by States. By way of background, the Outer Space Treaty 1967 (OST) constitutes the central instrument of the international space law framework. The central aim of Article I, regarding the...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... patent system to its limits. Jurisdiction of space The first issue is which country’s jurisdiction space falls into. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty (Article VIII) states that “a State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... when it does not work.” [Neufeld, Cold War - but no war - in space] The political reality of outer space is at odds with the spirit of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty Spacepower has gone from warning and targeting systems in nuclear war...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... way than the diplomatic language of UN Member States would allow. Space mining: when it comes to the exploration and use of space, the Outer Space Treaty says that space is the province of all mankind and is not subject to national appropriation...
01 April 2025
The New World on Mars - What we can Create on the Red Planet
... of any form of restriction, from environmental protection to the Outer Space Treaty. Having staked the warning notice, I should add that this book is a great read for space fans and anyone else who thinks our destiny is to conquer...
05 November 2015
Colonizing Mars – the legal way
...-Misra write in the Guardian, “The absolute restriction on sovereign claims by the non-appropriation principle [in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967] could lead to future conflict.” How to work to resolve this? Well, as Burns and Haqq-Misra rightly...
