session 3
Balancing Needs: Protection of Space Science
- type
oral
- Description
The intense uses of outer space by new space technology, as mega constellations or uncoordinated space mining can have harmful effect to other activities, like space astronomy. The session discusses the question of conflicting needs in space exploration and exploitation, and the regulatory approaches to their balancing. From the legal perspective, it presents the problem of the protection of Dark Skies and the Moon surface for astronomy and analyses the question of some resources as the Moon ice from the point of view of protecting the chemical and biological research, as examples. The session invites contributions discussing the freedom of exploration and use of outer space, the problem of balancing different needs in space activities, the protection of space science, especially the astronomy, the legal position of the Moon ice. The COSPAR principles are considered, as well as other international law models aiming at balancing different needs in state-free areas.
- Date
2022-09-19
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Prof. Michelle Hanlon, University of Mississippi School of Law, United States;
Co-Chair: Dr. Tanja Masson-Zwaan, International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands;
Rapporteur: Ms. Giuliana Rotola, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
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1 | 15:00 | Ethical and legal considerations in preventing the contamination of space | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Caitlyn Singam | University of Maryland - College Park | United States |
2 | 15:15 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Merve ERDEM BURGER | Ankara University | Türkiye | |
3 | 15:30 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Andrea Harrington | Air University | United States | |
4 | 15:45 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. PJ Blount | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | |
5 | 16:00 | Observations of Satellites in DECam Images: A Mitigative Proposal for Satellite Intrusions | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Charles Mudd | Mudd Law | United States |
6 | 16:15 | Sky Full of Stars or Satellites: The Impact of Mega-Constellations on Ground-based Astronomy | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Panagiota Brouma | National and Kapodistrian University Of Athens | Greece |
7 | 16:30 | A Walk in the Dark and the Law of Satellite Megaconstellations | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Roy Balleste | Stetson University College of Law | United States |
8 | 16:45 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Rafael Moro Aguilar | Florida State University | United States | |
9 | 17:00 | Concentrated lunar resources: imminent implications for governance and justice | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Martin Elvis | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) | United States |
10 | 17:15 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. James Benardini | NASA Headquarters | United States |