Commercial uses of space and space tourism : legal and policy aspects /: legal and policy aspects. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jan Wouters, Philip de Man and Rik Hansen.
• Editors: Wouters, Jan, 1964-; Man, Philip de; Hansen, Rik
• Contents: Commercial uses of space and space tourism : setting the scene / Jan Wouters, Philip de Man and Rik Hansen -- 1. The concept of the 'launching State' in commercial launch ventures / Armel Kerrest -- 2. Taking a stance : managing liability for commercial space activities / Lesley Jane Smith -- 3. The scope of international obligations to extend rescue assistance to 'astronauts' and 'personnel' under the Outer Space Treaty and the Return and Rescue Agreement / Steven Wood -- 4. Small satellites, large constellations, and space debris: in dubio pro LEO? / Ward Munters -- 5. US State spaceflight liability and immunity acts in context / Andrea J. Harrington -- 6. Commercial space operations within an existing national legal framework : some lessons learned and the challenges ahead / Daniel P. Murray -- 7. Developing a new safety regulatory system for commercial sub-orbital spaceplanes in the UK : the challenge! / Jeremy Stubbs -- 8. Red tape in the final frontier : Bigelow Aerospace's adventures in export control / Mike N. Gold and Christopher M. Hearsey -- 9. Regulatory choices for sub-orbital flights carrying humans: elements for consideration / Thierry Herman and Alexander Soucek -- 10. Establishing a regulatory framework for the development & operations of sub-orbital & orbital aircraft in the EU : the role of EASA / Jean-Bruno Marciacq -- 11. The role of UNCOPUOS in the International regulation of non-governmental space activities / Jean-François Mayence -- 12. National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities : self-regulation as the way forward? / Katrin Nyman-Metcalf.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.4/7; LAW -- Air & Space; Space tourism; Space industrialization; Space industrialization; Space tourism; International space & aerospace law; LAW -- International; SCIENCE -- Space Science; Transport law; Space science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785361074; 1785361074
• Related ISBNs: 9781785361067
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed May 1, 2018).
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