Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Research Institute of Iran, Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Tehran. IRAN
Abstract
Because the lack of international regulations for exploiting the sources of celestial bodies, so some countries, such as the United States and Luxembourg, start to support the private sector, and to regulate and monitor their activities. , Have adopted a special national law that legislate that the appropriation of what is achieved by the private sector from natural sources of celestial bodies is not conflicting with international regulations. While the prevailing view is that the adoption of national laws on the use of celestial bodies as well as their sources contrary to the appearance of international on the Prohibition of Ownership and appropriation of the Moon and the celestial bodies and the principle of the common heritage of mankind. By analyzing current international space legal instruments such as the Outer Space Treaty 1967 and the Moon Agreement1979, the Article seeks to bring two perspectives together and propose an international regime governing the private sector's activity.
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