Sustainability in space Space is becoming more contested, congested, competitive, and contaminated. How to ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities, so present and future generations can use and explore it indefinitely? Tanja Masson-Zwaan • January 19, 2021 • 2 comments
Artemis Accords: Star Trek or Star Wars? Ownership of space resources is contentious under international space law. Is the move by the US to gather international cooperation on this issue a viable solution? Mini Gupta, Wataru Inagaki, Pallavi Mund, Alif Nurfakhri Muhammad and Scott Schneider • June 04, 2020
Newspace for Global Benefit Finding the balance between international law and international business to enhance the capabilities of young space states for global benefit. Scott Schneider • March 30, 2020
50 years of Space Law: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty The Outer Space Treaty, as it is most commonly known, celebrates this year five decades in existence and offers a reason to reflect on the development of international space law in the past half-century. Dimitra Stefoudi • December 20, 2017 • 1 comment
Jurisdiction in the Moon Village The Moon Village is a trendsetting project involving multiple uses by multiple users. The industry has no way of knowing whose governance they might be swept off to. So it is necessary to clarify rules on jurisdiction allocation in this community. Laura Wanlu Zhang • March 20, 2017
Will the United States rule space resource mining? The USA passed a new law making it legal for US companies to own resources obtained in outer space. Will this lead to a ‘gold rush’ by U.S. companies, or is there hope for an international agreement? Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Bob Richards • December 22, 2015 • 2 comments
Gaining Freedom, Losing Space Classic international space law instruments promote the freedom of States to explore and use outer space for peaceful purposes, providing only vague restrictions on this freedom. Should the freedom of use be restricted? Neta Palkovitz • August 26, 2014 • 2 comments
A National Park on the Moon: When Moot Court Cases Come to Life A proposed U.S. Bill brings the 2013 space law moot court case to life. Read how the hypothetical case related to the Moon is relevant to the discussions around the Bill, and how Leiden University students are involved. Neta Palkovitz • July 16, 2013
Space Junk and the Law Another collision between a satellite and a piece of space debris has occurred. Will states manage to agree on rules to reduce the creation of debris and start cleaning up their mess? Tanja Masson-Zwaan • May 28, 2013 • 3 comments
