Comments on: Is space law broken? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/12/01/is-space-law-broken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-space-law-broken Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Sam Dinkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/12/01/is-space-law-broken/#comment-9467 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:32:13 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=1163#comment-9467 India broke the world anti-proliferation regime. Ironic that a former neutral in the Cold War and colonial possession would be the first to call for a rework of the space weapons ban and the anti-sovereignty treaty.

]]> By: Phil Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/12/01/is-space-law-broken/#comment-9466 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:06:52 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=1163#comment-9466 Well, one way or another the OST and other treaties/documents will be superceded by laws which make more sense after experience in (or with) space is gained.

The flowery rhetoric of OST and related treaties in particular reflected a different mentality when it came to space, and in any event was largely driven by the political interests of the United States and Soviet Union, the only real space powers of the time.

Changing law, even replacing a constitution, is part of the dynamic evolution of law and governance. If the damn thing doesn’t work or isn’t practical or is otherwise ignored, then replace it. Not to do so is foolish.

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