March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... asteroid mining of small and potentially hazardous bodies would seem much more permissible under the Outer Space Treaty than efforts to establish national or private colonies on the Moon or to undertake mining operations on the Moon. Up to three...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... the “benefit and in the interests of all countries”, as specified in the Outer Space Treaty, to which virtually all space-faring nations, including the major powers, are bound as parties. And what implications do such sentiments have ...
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...
