| Tittel: | The Road to Outer Space : Certain legal aspects on space resource activities | | Ansvar: | Nicolai Dypvik Myklebust | | Forfatter: | Myklebust, Nicolai Dypvik  | | Materialtype: | Elektronisk bok | | Utgitt: | Oslo : Sjørettsfondet, Nordisk institutt for sjørett, Universitetet i Oslo, 2024 | | Omfang: | 82 sider | | ISBN/ISSN: | 0332-7868 | | Serie: | Marius ; 584 | | Note: | Forsidefoto: UiO/NIFS. | | Innhold: | Topic and purpose of the thesis
This thesis will examine certain legal aspects of space resource activities. First and foremost, it will analyze the legal status of natural resources in outer space within the current legal framework. The main topic is the prohibition on national appropriation in space – known as ‘the non-appropriation principle’, and how it mpacts the legal status of natural resources of celestial bodies. This fundamental principle essentially prohibits claims to ownership in outer space.2 However, the scope of the non-appropriation principle is unclear. It prohibits claims of ownership to celestial bodies, but does it cover natural resources contained within a celestial body? This is the initial question of the thesis.
Despite the lack of international agreement on the legal status of natural resources in outer space and within celestial bodies, both States and private companies are planning to extract and utilize such resources.3 There exists no governing framework for such activities, however. How State responsibility and liability is regulated by the existing legal framework in the context of a future mining operation in space, is the second question of the thesis. |
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