Nyman-Metcalf, Katrin --- "National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities: self-regulation as the way forward?" [2017] ELECD 1659; in Wouters, Jan; De Man, Philip; Hansen, Rik (eds), "Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 266

Book Title: Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism

Editor(s): Wouters, Jan; De Man, Philip; Hansen, Rik

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785361067

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities: self-regulation as the way forward?

Author(s): Nyman-Metcalf, Katrin

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

This chapter discusses the impact of the dramatic broadening of the field of players engaged in spacefaring on the space law-making process at the international level. With space use growing constantly, new space regulation needs to fit a technologically complex and international area of activity, not falling under the jurisdiction of any one State, but to be used for the benefit of mankind, given that technological developments can be very fast. This chapter draws parallels in this respect between the areas of space law and cyberspace. For cyberspace, self-regulation has become an important regulation method while still maintaining the maximum freedom of action. Consequently, the chapter examines what self-regulation may have to offer for outer space. Keywords: global space governance; cyberspace; self-regulation; space tourism; space debris