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    Title

    Legal Issues of Commercial Human Spaceflight

    type

    oral

    Description

    The first sub-orbital spaceflights for tourists will soon take off and, possibly within a few years, such flights will be offered by various operators from a number of places around the globe. This session will deal with legal and regulatory issues of commercial spaceflight, both on an international and on a national level. Such issues include liability, certification and safety requirements, as well as issues related to the spaceflight services private operators may start offering to public customers.

    Date

    2011-10-04

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    TS-12

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Prof. Frans G. Von der Dunk, University of Nebraska, College of Law, The Netherlands;

    • Chairman: Prof. Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University, Australia;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Michael Dodge, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    National Space Legislation - The Work of the Legal Subcommittee of Uncopuos 2008-2011

    10'

    confirmed

    Prof. Irmgard Marboe

    University of Vienna

    Austria

    2

    Liability risk sharing regime of the bill of japans legislation on space activities and its comparison with the US and french law

    10'

    confirmed

    Mr. Daisuke Saisho

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

    Japan

    3

    Space procurement regulation: the colombian procurement act of 2010

    10'

    confirmed

    Prof. Camilo Guzman Gomez

    UNIVERSIDAD SERGIO ARBOLEDA

    Colombia

    4

    Japanese Perspective on Legal Issues of Commercial Human Spaceflight -Regulatory thresholds and potentials-

    05'

    confirmed

    Mr. Daisuke Saisho

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

    Japan

    5

    Analysis of the Applicable Law to a Private Spaceflight Contract under the Latest Chinese Conflict Rules Legislation

    10'

    confirmed

    Dr. Guoyu Wang

    China

    6

    Legal issues in commercialspaceflight projects in spain

    10'

    confirmed

    Mr. RAFAEL HARILLO

    Spain

    7

    NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation System Requirements and the FAA Human Spaceflight Regulations: A Study in Contrasts

    10'

    confirmed

    Prof. Mark Sundahl

    Cleveland State University

    United States

    8

    Private in Human Access to Space and Incentive Based Regulation in the United States

    10'

    confirmed

    Mr. PJ Blount

    LL.M. in Air and Space Law

    United States

    9

    LIABILITY, INSURANCE & INDEMNIFICATION IN NATIONAL SPACE LAW

    10'

    confirmed

    Dr. Paul Dempsey

    McGill University

    Canada

    10

    Regulating sub-orbital flights traffic: using air traffic control as a model?

    10'

    confirmed

    Dr. Fabio Tronchetti

    Harbin Institute of Technology

    China

    11

    international regularity body, a key to space tourism success

    10'

    confirmed

    Dr. Ali Akbar Golroo

    Aerospace Research Institute

    Iran

    12

    Does the Rescue Agreement Apply to Space Tourists?

    10'

    confirmed

    Prof. Yan Ling

    China

    13

    Pie in the Sky: Thrilled or Calamitous? -- A Spaceflight Participant-Friendly Perspective

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Zhuoyan Lu

    University of Lapland

    Finland

    14

    A new international convention to govern liability in relation to commercial space tourism - is it really necessary?

    10'

    confirmed

    Ms. Carol Ronan-Heath

    International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University

    United Arab Emirates

    15

    The Sub-Orbital Private Space Flights may Require a Law Suit to Escape Benefit Sharing

    10'

    confirmed

    Mr. Declan O'Donnell

    United Societies in Space, Inc.

    United States