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outer space Tag

30 Jun

[Güneş Ünüvar is a Senior Researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for European Law (LCEL), University of Luxembourg] Introduction The renewed interest in lunar exploration has intensified the competition between scientific research and commercial activities, particularly in regions like the Moon's south pole. This area is of significant interest due to its potential water ice deposits, which are valuable for both scientific study and...

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08 Nov

[Güneş Ünüvar is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.] This post briefly explores the peculiar interaction between international and national legal frameworks in the field of outer space resource extraction. This interaction generally follows three steps: First, international law provides a series of guiding principles. Then, these international law rules,...

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11 Jul

[Valerie Oosterveld is a Professor at the University of Western Ontario (Western University) Faculty of Law in Canada and a faculty member with her university’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, also known as Western Space. Anne Campbell is a recent graduate of Western University and a current Western Space summer intern.] Plans for the extraction of water and minerals in outer space – particularly...

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