Space Resource Utilization: A View from an Emerging Space Faring Nation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Froehlich, Annette (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Space Policy, 12
• Subjects: Natural resources.; Economic policy.; Law of the sea.; International law.; Space sciences.; Mineral resources.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Development Policy.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Mineral Resources.

The book speaks to the need for a regulatory framework with regards to space resource utilization. In doing so, significant elements of the subject matter have been explored, taking into account the different phases of a space mission and the perspectives of the various actors and participants in th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview
• Analysis of the current international and national governance framework as pertains to resource extraction and utilization in space
• Analysis of views of established and emerging space nations with regards to space mining and the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA) of 2015
• Analysis of the view of both established and emerging space nations regarding the topic and also regarding the new US CSLCA of 2015
• Recommendations on what should be South Africa's position in this matter, and in particular with regard to the Moon Agreement, which South Africa has neither signed nor ratified
• References.