rootbrowseIAC-08E8session 22. The 40th Anniversary of the Rescue Agreement: Looking Ahead / Weaponisation of Outer Space in the light of Article 4 of the Outer Space Treaty, part APapers1. Forty Years of the Rescue Agreement- How Relevant Today?2. The Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space: some legal questions3. Astronauts and Space Tourism: Redefining ‘Envoys of Mankind’4. IAC-08-IISL.2 The Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts Today. Prof.Dr.Gennady P.Zhukov The Moscow People’s Friendship University, Russia. E-mail: g-zhukov@mtu-net.ru5. Looking ahead for the legal status of astronauts6. bifurcation of spaceport regulation in the united states7. GLOBALISATION AND PRIVATISATION OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SECTOR AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RESCUE AGREEMENT8. A New Indemnification Policy for Spacecraft that Rescue Astronauts In Need9. the rescue agreement and private space carriers10. controlling ballistic missile defense and anti-satellite missiles: should we look elsewhere or rather amend art. iv ost?11. “space traffic management” for the prevention of weaponization of outer space12. verification mechanism in international space law13. anti satellite missile testing- a challenge to article iv of the outer space treaty14. The Joinder of Telecommunications and Globalization