Episode 37: No Wild West: An Introduction to Space Law
Juliana Suess
25 January 202435 Minute Listen
There is a persistent perception that space is a lawless place. Professor Steven Freeland, Emeritus Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University and Professorial Fellow at Bond University, joins us to explain why that is not the case.
We discuss the current multilateral rules that govern orbits, as well as where additions may come in in the future, why they might be necessary and what obstacles are currently preventing us from reaching multilateral consensus. As well as this, we talk about the involvement of commercial actors in space and what benefit national space laws bring.
FEATURING
Juliana Suess
Research Fellow, Space Security
Military Sciences