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The environmental law aspects of space exploration and development (Series of articles)

Author
various authors
Monograph
New York University Environmental Law Journal
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-061713)
Publisher | Place of publication
New York University Environmental Law Journal | New York, NY, USA
Pages
4 - 160; 157 p. , Vol. 6(1)
Conference name | place | date
Colloquium on the Environmental Issues Surrounding Space Exploration | New York | 19970221
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Outer space Monitoring Common property
Abstract

Contents: 1. Asteroids and comets: U.S. and international law and the lowest-probability, highest consequence risk 2. The technical, legal, and business risks of orbital debris 3. The role of global positioning system in the environmentt 4. The global positioning system: Just another tool? 5. Space resources, common property, and the collective action problem 6. Ensuring the best of all possible worlds: Environmental regulation of the solar system