Final Frontier: Space Collisions and Liability

[WSJ Law Blog]

Timothy Nelson, a parnter at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has considered a future where private spacecraft and their jetsam clog Earth's orbit, greatly increasing the chances of a collision.

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[Lexus]

The 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space — the Outer Space Treaty — and the 1972 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects — the Space Liability Convention — were written with the assumption that claims would be resolved between states.