Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Law
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 …