From a presentation given at the British Interplanetary Society on 25th February 2015.

1. Law and Space Development
• What is the legal
regime for space
development?
• Does it help or
hinder space
development?
• Does it need to be
reformed?

2. Common law background
• cuius est solum,
eius est usque ad
coelum et ad
infernos
• Bury v Pope 1587
• American law
• Balloons and
Aviation
• The Decline

3. The Space Age
• The BIS
• Regulatory concerns
• The Antarctica
model
• Cold War Fears

4. The Outer Space Treaty 1967
• The preamble – the common interest
• Prohibition of weapons of mass destruction
• Definition of Outer Space
• No claims to national sovereignty
• Inspection of bases
• Liability of nation states
• Ratification

5. The Moon Agreement 1979
• Role of developing countries
• The Common Heritage of Mankind
• International Regime?
• Equality in exploitation
• Non space-faring nations
• Ratification and enforceability

6. Resource Governance
• No ownership of land
either public or private
• Ambiguity in ownership
of resources
• The International
Regime
• Common Heritage
• The unfinished legal
environment

7. The legal future for Space
• The modern solar
system
• Asteroids Ahoy!
• The ASTEROIDS
Act
• The Federal Aviation
Administration
• The UN – the solar
system’s landlord?