Browsing by Subject "Outer space"
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An analysis of the international and South African legal framework relating to outer space pollution
(2013)Since the start of the space race in the 1950's the outer space environment has significantly changed due to human expansion and the subsequent by-products known as outer space pollution/debris. As outer space rapidly ... -
Assessing the contribution of space policy to development and security in Nigeria and Soth Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)The end of the Cold War has witnessed a significant increase in the actors and expansion in the interests that are involved in space. Beyond the growing importance of non-state actors, many developing countries have ... -
Challenges to the prohibition on sovereignty in Outer Space - A new frontier for space governance
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The current space arena has changed significantly since the 1950s, when outer space activities commenced. At the time of the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty (and the related General Assembly Resolutions), the outer ... -
Legal challenges relating to the commercial use of outer space, with specific reference to space tourism
(2014)Since the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 in 1957, the outer space arena has evolved to include non-state entities, which are becoming serious participants in outer space activities themselves, including ... -
Property rights in space: moving the goal posts so the players don't notice
(2016)Elsewhere in "Rethinking Terra Nullius and Property in Space", I have argued that due to the changing circumstances of access to space by private entities rather than governments, the current legal situation with regard ...
