Bracing for the Impending Rocket Revolution: How to Regulate International Environmental Harm Caused by Commercial Space Flight

摘要

Forecasts and market predictions indicate that the number of orbital and suborbital launches will increase steadily over the next decade.191 As governments privatize their space activities and the private sector increasingly demands the services satellites provide, the commercial space industry will grow.192 Already, commercial space companies and launch sites have sprung up around the globe to create a geographically and culturally diverse industry that may prove difficult to regulate.