Space law: the final frontier

With claims that by 2040 the moon will support a population of more than 1,000 people, and another 10,000 will be visiting the moon in that same year, attention is turning to the role the law and lawyers will play in space exploration.

Near space is abuzz with human-initiated activity as we strive towards a sustainable future beyond Earth. With private companies like Moon Express, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin setting their sights on missions to the moon in 2021 and beyond, the space race is no longer between countries, it’s between companies. There are plans for private tourism, mining for water and rare minerals, 3D printing in space and tracking the tens of thousands of objects larger than a softball currently in the earth’s near orbit. Continue reading >

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