From Guideline to International Treaty for Rule of Law concerning Mitigation of Space Debris Toshio Kosuge (Professor Emeritus, University of Electro-Communicatons, Tokyo, Japan)
- Paper number
IAC-10,E7,4,11,x8355
- Author
Prof. Toshio Kosuge, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- Coauthor
Mr. Yu Takeuchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Year
2010
- Abstract
Past more than fifty years,we launched thousand hundred space objects into outer sapce. Accodingly there are huge number of space active objcts and debris in outer space. There have been many efforts to elaborate any kind of domestic and international regulation concernig mitigation of space debris in outer space. However, even after long time discussions about mitigation of space debris issues among international level like UNCOPUOS and space active countries, it is still rather difficult to reach inteantional agreement to regulate mitigation of space debris compulsorily. In order to elabrate rule of law concerning mitaigation of space debris issues, it is necesarry to review interntional and domestic practices and policies. I examine UNCOPUOS discussins, several guidelines among sapce active countris. In this paper I also explain Japanese domestic law and regulaton on mitigation of space debris and comparative study with other countries. It would be also important for this issue to iclude any rule and regulations of space traffic and liability. In recent involvement of commercial space activities this mitigation of space debris issues would be more sensitive for promotion of space industries in each countries. It would be necessary for further development of space activities among all countires to elaborate rule of law concerning mitigaion of space debris near future.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
(absent)