Abstract
![CDATA[On October 4, 1957, a Soviet space object, Sputnik I, was launched and subsequently orbited the Earth over 1,400 times during the following three-month period. This milestone heralded the dawn of the space age, the space race (between the USSR and the United States), and the legal regulation of the use and exploration of outer space. Since then, laws have developed that significantly improve the standard of living for all humanity, through, for example, the facilitation of public services such as satellite telecommunications, global positioning systems, remote sensing technology for weather forecasting and disaster management, and television broadcast from satellites. The prospects for the future use of outer space offers both tremendous opportunities and challenges for humankind, and law will continue to play a crucial role in this regard.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th Bruges Colloquium: Technological Challenges for the Humanitarian Legal Framework, 21-22 October 2010, Bruges, Belgium |
| Publisher | College of Europe |
| Pages | 87-97 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | Bruges Colloquium - Duration: 21 Oct 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Bruges Colloquium |
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| Period | 21/10/10 → … |