Episode 37: No Wild West: An Introduction to Space Law
War in Space
English - January 25, 2024 16:37 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture News Politics civilisation competition military risk satellite social space assets discussion internationalsecurity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There is a persistent perception that space is a lawless place. Professor Steven Freeland, Emeritus Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University and Professorial Fellow at Bond University, joins us to explain why that is not the case. We discuss the current multilateral rules that govern orbits, as well as where additions may come in in the future, why they might be necessary and what obstacles are currently preventing us from reaching multilateral consensus. As well as this, we talk about the involvement of commercial actors in space and what benefit national space laws bring.