Private Enterprise and the Resources of Outer Space
- Paper number
IAC-05-E6.3.07
- Author
Dr. Leslie I. Tennen, Law Offices of Sterns and Tennen, United States
- Coauthor
Mrs. Patricia Sterns, Law Offices of Sterns and Tennen, United States
- Year
2005
- Abstract
The age of commercial space presents formidable challenges for space law. The transformation from government dominance to commercialization requires that the rights and obligations of the private sector in space be clearly defined. While the rules and regulations applicable to non-governmental entities are yet to be developed, the fundamental precepts on which the foundations for commercialization will be based already have been articulated in treaties and international instruments. This article identifies and examines the extant legal principles which will shape the form of future regulation of activities of private entities in space.
- Abstract document