RESEARCH ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP OF THE RECOVERED SPACE MINERAL RESOURCES
Palavras-chave:
Recovered Space Mineral Resources;, Resource Ownership Dispute, Outer Space Mining, Outer Space Legal SystemResumo
The current legal system concerning the ownership of recovered space mineral resources is flawed because domestic unilateral legislation has broken through The Outer Space Treaty regime, international legal regulations are vague and the existing theories cannot guarantee and promote the development of outer space resources. The key to perfecting the ownership of recovered space mineral resources is to determine under the UN outer space system that the recovering country should be the first subject of rights to the recovered space mineral resources and private entities or non-governmental organizations can claim ownership or use benefits on this basis (property rights). Countries should therefore mutually recognize the connotation of resource rights and rich resource priority and then build a space resource management system with national property rights as the core.
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