20 May 2022
Outer Space - future for humankind issues of law and policy
...and development. A key aspect that comes to the fore in any contemporary writing on space law is the fact that existing space law – as enshrined in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and its offshoots – is not directly applicable to many of today’s promised...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... strong pillars of NewSpace is the dynamism around integrating space-based products and services into traditional industries such as... authorisation of spacecraft in line with the Outer Space Treaty (especially when a foreign launcher is procured by...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... are currently a topic of hot debate. The Outer Space Treaty (OST) is the only international agreement governing space activities that has been signed by the relevant space capable nations. It prohibits claims of national sovereignty over celestial...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... clear, although the obligation on 104 signatory nations has been in place since the United Nations Outer Space Treaty of 1967. However, as long as there is any uncertainty over who created the debris there will be controversy over...
12 October 2016
‘Asgardia’ to become the first new Space Nation
... their scientific aspirations is exciting.” Under current international space law, including the widely adopted ‘Outer Space Treaty’, states are required to authorise and supervise national space activities, including the activities of commercial and...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... the need to identify and protect us from objects in space that could obliterate life on Earth. All of the aforementioned...framework The 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) provides the framework by which all nations utilise and operate in space. The OST is ...
