Some legal considerations to reach consensus regarding the governance of the moon and the use of its resources
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https://doi.org/10.17561/rej.n21.6768Keywords:
Space Law, United Nations, Moon, Space resourcesAbstract
States with a major space capacity are developing programs to maintain human's presence, both on the Moon and in its orbit, with the establishment of lunar bases and space stations. The governance of emerging challenges, with new actors and new interests, raises the need to question whether these defies should be addressed within or outside the framework of the United Nations system and whether the current space science and technology will require a further development of space law with new legal instruments for its implementation.
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