Day 5 - Space Treaties

Question 1

What Article posits Freedom to Use and Explore?

Answer 1

Article I

Question 1

What treaty serves as the foundation for space law?

Answer 1

Outer Space Treaty (1967)

Question 2

What article posits non-appropriation?

Answer 2

Article II

Question 3

What posits that things not prohibited are generally permitted?

Answer 3

Article III

Question 4

What posits that Parties undertake not to place in orbit any objects carrying nuclear weapons or WMDs?

Answer 4

Article IV

Question 5

What posits a Rescue and Return Agreement?

Answer 5

Article V. Also recover and return space objects upon request.

Question 6

What posits International Responsibility/All Space Activity is National Activity?

Answer 6

Article VI

Question 7

What established Liability Convention for states that procures a launch?

Answer 7

Article VII

Question 8

What posits that we must Retain Jurisdiction & Control of Space Objects, including Space Debris and Debris removal?

Answer 8

Article VIII

Question 9

What specifies Due Regard, Harmful Interference, and Consultations?

Answer 9

Article IX

Question 10

What posits that Observation and the Conditions shall be determined by agreement between the States concerned?

Answer 10

Article X

Question 11

What posits International Cooperation (to the greatest extent practicable)?

Answer 11

Article XI

Question 12

What expands on the requirements of Article V?

Answer 12

Rescue and Return Agreement (1968)

Question 13

What Convention did Operation Morning Light fall under?

Answer 13

Liability Convention (1972)

Question 14

What convention states that all nations must register space objects with the United Nations?

Answer 14

Registration Convention (1975)

Question 15

What is the agreement governing activities of states on the Moon and other celestial bodies?

Answer 15

Moon Treaty

Question 16

What UN guidelines address the problem of space debris?

Answer 16

Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space