Natural resources in outer space and on celestial bodies: a critical appraisal of the fundamentals of international space law in the light of modern spacefaring. KU Leuven
The thesis researches the interpretation of the basic principles of international space law as they relate and apply to the activity of the exploitation of the natural resources in space, both of outer space sensu stricto and of celestial bodies. In so doing, it focuses on the non-appropriation principle of Article II of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and its alleged incompatibility with the exploitation of celestial bodies. The thesis analyses ...