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Articles on Outer Space Treaty
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Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, American astronauts planted a US flag on the moon. A space lawyer explains the implications, who owns the moon, and what it means for lunar mining.
The Outer Space Treaty has guided global exploration and use of outer space since 1967. Trump’s ‘Space Force’ may not be a good fit.
Australia is playing a major role in developing legal guidelines that would govern how any war in space is played out. The authors of MILAMOS hope the manual is never actually required.
Who is responsible for space debris? What laws should apply to humans living on another planet? Who has rights to mine asteroids? The Outer Space Treaty needs an update to address such questions.
The Outer Space Treaty, now 50 years old, has so far never been violated. But things could be about to change.
Space mining could generate a massive resources boom. Here’s a way to make sure the benefits of that boom reach everyone on the planet.
If we’re going to mine asteroids, then we need an international treaty to prevent it becoming a wild west. Thankfully we can look to Antarctica to see how such a treaty might work.
Mining in space is no longer science fiction. But could it end wars over resources, as Neil deGrasse Tyson has suggested?
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor (Digital Technology, Security and Governance), Flinders University
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Space Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, The Open University
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Senior lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
