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Space Law: Legal Restraints On The Commercialization And Development Of Outer Space, Ty Twibell
Space Law: Legal Restraints On The Commercialization And Development Of Outer Space, Ty Twibell
Ty Twibell
This Article has been one of the most cited papers on Space Law for almost 20 years and remains valid until today. It was one of the most requested articles in the UMKC Law Review near the time it was published and has been used in classroom study in graduate level international and legal courses. This Note advocates legal change to promote commercial space activity. Space industrialization and commercialization offer immeasurable economic and humanitarian rewards unrealized by the average person or lawyer. The space industry was already a multi-billion dollar industry 20 years ago when this article was initially written. …
Circumnavigating International Space Law, Ty Twibell
Circumnavigating International Space Law, Ty Twibell
Ty Twibell
Space industrial development has many difficulties; however, many of the difficulties are legal obstacles. The author has asserted that international space law presently hinders the commercial development of outer space, and thus, requires legal change. Vigorous space commercial development is crucial, however, not for intellectual development alone. It offers massive economic, medical, industrial, and humanitarian rewards. Better vaccines and antibiotics can be produced in space in far greater quantities than on earth. Mining the moons, asteroids, and comets provides answers to future energy depletion and would provide enormously less expensive construction of spacecraft and colonies than launching from Earth. Apace …