Development of Outer Space

Thomas Gangale is executive director of OPS-Alaska, an aerospace think tank in Petaluma, CA. He served as an Air Force space program engineer for four satellite programs involving strategic arms control verification, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and Space Shuttle payloads.

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1 The Forsaken Promise of Space2 The Launching of Space Law3 Property Rights in Outer Space4 Common Heritage in Magnificent Desolation: The Moon Agreement's Tragic Odyssey5 Moon Myths: What the Moon Agreement Is Not6 Return to the Moon: The Moon Agreement Reconsidered7 Castles in the Air: The Space Settlement Prize8 Celestial Empire: China's Rise as a Space Power9 Interplanetary Political Economy10 The Cosmic TumblersAppendix 1 The International Cooperation ResolutionAppendix 2 The Declaration of Legal Principles of Outer SpaceAppendix 3 The Outer Space TreatyAppendix 4 The Registration ConventionAppendix 5 General Assembly Resolution 34/68Appendix 6 The Moon AgreementAppendix 7 The COPUOS Understandings of the Moon AgreementAppendix 8 The ABA Section of Intl. Law Resolution on the Moon AgreementAppendix 9 The Declaration on International CooperationIndexAbout the Author

. . .a unique niche interest work worth the read for those who are fascinated by the prospects of multiple nations settling human outposts on celestial bodies' off-Earth. . . it certainly is worth the read for anyone having a strong interest in space law and the economic development regimes of the nascent space economy coming rapidly in the 21st Century. To those with the niche interest, I say buy this book. It will make you think.