Space Law: Fit for Purpose?

Some say that space law no longer meets the needs of the space sector, especially  commercial space ventures. 

Does international space law prevent some space activities?  Has the rapid improvement in space technology out-stripped development of the law?  

Professor Sa’id Mosteshar, ISPL Director, answered these questions by looking at some ventures of greatest interest today.

• Space traffic management (STM)
• On-orbit servicing
• Asteroid mining
• Exploitation of other space resources
• Space tourism
• Living off-world

He made the presentation at the UCL Space Policy Workshop on 15 May 2019.  He focussed on the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Agreement.  He also addressed the Law of the High Seas, and the analogy of space mining to freedom of fishing in international waters.  He concluded with a consideration of the future of space law.

Participants at ISPL’s 3-day Space Policy and Law Course in October will learn more about these and many other topics of space policy, law and activity.   

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