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July 2019
Who owns outer space?
..., by means of use or occupation or by any other means. Notably, the OST bars appropriation of outer space by nation states, but is silent as to appropriation by individuals or private companies. With technological developments now...the mankind provisions’ has thus reached an impasse and, according to former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Prof Joanne Gabrynowitz, it is “now primarily a political problem and... therefore, only subject ...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... nature of the laws governing outer space and outer space activities, the possibility of major space power(s) withdrawing from this principal treaty (i.e., the five UN Space treaties) is not unthinkable. The global space governance regime is ...private corporations to launch, conduct and sustain operations in outer space. Soft law instruments in the form of space debris mitigation guidelines have been incorporated into respective national ...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... It is clear that the prospects for the future use of outer space offer both tremendous opportunities and challenges, whilst international law will struggle to remain relevant and adequately address all aspects of ...the overly simplistic assumptions that are often made by commentators when seeking to apply ‘terrestrial’ international law principles to an outer space paradigm. It is too easy for States not to abide by the terms of voluntary non-...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... [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 ... outer space, and the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics and several papers on space policy in a variety of academic journals. Dr Bowen frequently appears in media items on space policy and advises practitioners on space security...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... benefit all mankind. The current body of space law places the exploitation of natural resources from space in a grey zone. Although Article II of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) clearly forbids “appropriation” by stating that “Outer Space, including the Moon and other celestial...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... dangerous asteroids (Solar System) and space debris (near-Earth space). The software used on MASTER telescopes allows for automatic monitoring of near-Earth and outer space at all the observatories that use ... transients up to stellar absolute magnitude 22-23, while helping to resolve the following fundamental tasks: Researching the laws of accelerated expansion of the Universe with the use of type 1a supernovae. The discovery of these ...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...parallel, the Russian-Chinese draft ‘Treaty on the Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects’ (known as the PPWT) was promoted from 2008 within the Conference on...avoiding interference and potential collisions. In view of these various threats to the sustainable use of outer space, the international space community must act All this is very good, but not sufficient. It is now necessary...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... one that most forcefully applies modern attentions to the realm of space - is the requirement of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) to use space in such a way that is for the benefit and in ... space law, history of the space age, space politics & policy, space & the environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law,...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
...outer space as such. There is only jurisdiction pursuant to Article VIII Outer Space Treaty with respect to certain persons and objects in outer space. But this does neither imply nor entail jurisdiction over outer space as such as the regulation of the status of outer space... Journal of Air and Space Law, the series Studies in Air and Space Law, and a co-editor of the Cologne Commentary on Air and Space Law, a three-volume commentary on space law....
