Status of the Natural Resources of Celestial Bodies: Novelties of the Practice of States

Occupation: Associate Professor at the Department of International Law
Affiliation: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia
Address: Russian Federation, 119454, Moscow, 76, Prospect Vernadskogo

Mariam Yuzbashyan

Affiliation: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Abstract

The absence of clauses on the legal regime of the natural resources of celestial bodies in the Outer Space Treaty, together with the development by the United States with its partner states of favourable legal conditions for their legal entities and individuals for the mining of space resources on celestial bodies, has highlighted the need for scientific proposals on the relevant Russian legal response. The article, after analysing the legislative and treaty acts of the United States in the general context of international space law, makes such initial proposals.

Keywords

international space law; outer space; celestial bodies; the natural resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies; the 1967 Outer Space Treaty; space resources; commercial space activity; space resources mining activity; the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015

Acknowledgment

The research is perfomed under the grant of the Russian Science Foundation № 23-18-00977, https://rscf.ru/project/23-18-00977/

Received

26.07.2023

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GOST	Vylegzhanin A., Yuzbashyan M. Status of the Natural Resources of Celestial Bodies: Novelties of the Practice of States // Gosudarstvo i pravo URL: http://ras.jes.su/gp/s102694520026587-6-1-en (circulation date: 28.04.2024).
MLA	Vylegzhanin, Alexander N, Yuzbashyan, Mariam "Status of the Natural Resources of Celestial Bodies: Novelties of the Practice of States." Gosudarstvo i pravo DOI: 10.31857/S102694520026587-6
APA	Vylegzhanin A., Yuzbashyan M. (). Status of the Natural Resources of Celestial Bodies: Novelties of the Practice of States. Gosudarstvo i pravo DOI: 10.31857/S102694520026587-6

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