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Who really owns extraterrestrial objects?
Dozens of people have historically claimed ownership of planets, stars and more. Some notable examples including Dennis Hope successfully turned it into a full-fledged business and made a fortune. ...
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When unmanned objects, such as satellites, are used for military purposes, do they become valid military targets according to international law?
In the current conflict in Ukraine there has been some speculation that Russia may try to knock out or disable satellites used in support of the Ukrainian army.
Notably, large civilian constellations ...
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Where does outer space legally start?
Recently the Billionaire Space Race culminated with both Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, doing what I can tell without any dispute, "going up" and "coming down". The claim that ...
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Has article VI or VII of the Outer Space Treaty ever been invoked?
Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty states
States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, ...
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Are there any laws preventing Space Junk?
Are there any laws limiting the production of Space Junk, like there would be laws preventing a company from putting their waste in the ocean?
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What happens if a murder occurs in space?
Let's say that there's a joint mission to the International Space Station, composed of American and British astronauts.
They get along well for the first few days, but tensions grow, and eventually ...
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Is Mark Watney really a space pirate? [duplicate]
In the movie/book The Martian there's a NASA astronaut on the Mars named Mark Watney.
He's arguing that the surface of the planet is juridically considered sea.
Because he takes control of another (...
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Under which law the person who commits a crime on the moon gets prosecuted?
I can understand that if an astronaut attack an other astronaut inside a spaceship he/she will have to answer to the law of the country which owns the ship but what if the attack happened on the moon?
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