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NASA’s list of guidelines for private companies and nations interactions in outer space — dubbed the Artemis Accords — is a voluntary compact which can be ignored at will. Do we need and outer space Constitution? Who will write it, and who will enforce it’s precepts? As SpaceX sends its first manned mission to the International Space Station, these questions will rapidly become important.
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10 replies on “Outer Space Constitution: Will the Artemis Accords Govern Private Space Explorers?”
What good is ownership of extraterrestrial property if you can’t get to it because it’s too dangerous to launch a rocket through a cloud of space junk orbiting earth! If any international law needs to be enacted, it should require space agencies to deorbit any booster rockets or other debris carried aloft, post haste.
With respect to platinum dumping – the mining parties would just have to plan their production like Debeers for diamonds.
As soon as I heard 5T in platinum mentioned in an earlier segment, that was my thought exactly. Plunging prices. With that said, if someone wants to spend the money to go get it, have at it, right? So long as it’s their money and not from my tax dollars. Currently the top 3 producers of platinum are, South Africa, Russia and Zimbabwe. The top 3 reserve holders are South Africa, Russia and the USA. If 5T of platinum were newly available (at some point in the distant future) jewelry, catalytic converters and hard drives and thermo-couples might come down in price. (thank you Royal Society of Chemistry)
Does that $5t estimate take into account the deflationary effects of dumping that much platinum on the market? Supply&Demand.
The last thing we need is anything drafted or executed by the UN.
What do I think of the U.N.’s execution? I am all for it, of course.
h/t to John McVay, former head coach Tampa Bay Bucs.
I just hope that Chancellor Gowron boesn’t violate the Artemis Accords like he did with the Khitomer Accords
What concerns me is that pretty soon we’re going to want a space station. A real one on the ecliptic that can be used as a transit hub for interplanetary traffic. That station is going to become this century’s Panama Canal. How do we prevent it from being given away to the UN?
Private ownership. If the shareholders don’t agree to the transfer, it doesn’t happen. (Or it happens only by force.)
We need a Tony Stark “I have privatized world peace. You’re welcome.”
Elon will certainly due though. A modern day Howard Hughes of sorts.