Development and Emerging Trends of International Space Law

The extension of man’s activities into outer space and celestial bodies is a signifcant phase in the history of human civilization. It encompasses immense potential for immediate and future benefits of a material kind. The spectacular achievements in the last three decades in the field of space science and technology has revolutionized the human life by unleashing of the vast and unlimited potential benefits of space technology which already operationally extends over communication, meterology, TV broadcasting, education, agriculture, industrial growth, disaster management, industrial growth, disaster management etc., virtually touching every facet of human endeavour. Today space technology and space law has far reaching implications for the mankind. When the space age began, the conduct of human activites in outer space bacause this new froniter was outside because this new froniter was outside the bonds of existing international law. This book delineates the growth and development of international space law and also reflects on the emerging trends in the ever growing array of space activities – space satellites, remote earth sensing etc.