Commercial uses of space and space tourism : legal and policy aspects /

"[This book] combines the perspectives of academics, policy makers and major industry players around three central themes: the international legal challenges posed by the dramatic changes to the spacefaring landscape; the corresponding legal and regulatory responses to these challenges at the n...

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Other Authors: Hansen, Rik (Editor), Man, Philip de (Editor), Wouters, Jan, 1964- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, Glos, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]
Cheltenham, Glos, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : ©2017
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : [2017]
Series:Leuven global governance
Leuven global governance
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Table of Contents:
  • The concept of the 'launching state' in commercial launch vntures / Armel Kerrest
  • Taking a stance : managing liability for commercial space activities / Lesley Jane Smith
  • To scope of International obligations to extend rescue asistance to 'astronauts' and 'personnel' under the Outer Space Treaty and the Return and Rescue agreement / Steven Wood
  • Small satellites, large constelations and space debris : in dubio pro LEO? / Ward Munters
  • US State spaceflight liability and immunity acts in context / Andrea J. Harrington
  • Comercial space operations within an existing national legal framework : some lessons learned and the challenges ahead / Daniel P. Murray
  • Developing a new safety regulatory system for commercial sub-orbital spaceplanes in the UK : the challege! / Jeremy Stubbs
  • Red tape in the final frontier : Bigelow Aerospace's adventures in export control / Mike N. Gold and Christopher M. Hearsey
  • Regulatory choices for sub-orbital flights carring humans : elements for consideration / Thierry Herman and Alexander Soucek
  • Establishing a regulatory framework for the development and operation of sub-orbital and orbital aircraft in the EU : the role of the EASA / Jean-Bruno Marcoacq
  • The role of UNCOPUOS in the international regulation of non-governmental space activities / Jean-Francois Mayence
  • National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities : self-regulation as the way forward? / Katrin Nyman-Metcalf