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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Space Technol.
Sec. Space Economy
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frspt.2024.1411610
This article is part of the Research Topic Outer space - Is it a global commons? View all articles

Outer Space -Is it a Global Commons?

Provisionally accepted
Ranjana Kaul Ranjana Kaul *
  • Partner, Dua Associates Law Offices, New Delhi 110001, India

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    This article examines critical questions related to whether Outer Space is a Global Common, including the challenge of achieving balance between the OST mandate of compliance with the common interest principle and the requirement of providing an environment for commercial lunar enterprises to succeed, and to simultaneously ensuring possibility of conflict on the Moon.

    Keywords: Global commons, common interest, OST, Moon, CHM, resources, ACCORDS, ILRS

    Received: 03 Apr 2024; Accepted: 21 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Kaul. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ranjana Kaul, Partner, Dua Associates Law Offices, New Delhi 110001, India

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