Is there enough legal framework to avoid arguments between nations as space exploration and commercial activity rapidly increase?

The proliferation of space debris and a lack of agreed-upon rules threatens the essential benefits of space for commerce and ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

This includes both outer space and celestial bodies such as the Moon. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits territorial claims in outer space and on celestial bodies in order to avoid disputes.

While manifest destiny has connotations of expansion and colonization, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, to which the U.S. is a signatory, states that space is free for all nations to explore and ...

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

Benjamin Schmitt A 20th century Outer Space Treaty was effective for the time when only Russia and the United States were the key players in outer space, Clare Fieseler,a science journalist and ...

Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) grants states the right to permit non-governmentals to perform space activities subject to authorization and continuing supervision. This right is is ...

Once again the ‘Gloomsday’ Machine is reporting the awful news about the growing nuclear threats, the widening nuclear ...