| ID | 098143 |
| Title Proper | Extraterrestrial national territory and the international system |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hickman, John |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Analysis of the probable effects of ending the prohibition against sovereign national extraterrestrial territory in the Outer Space Treaty points to large increases in the total territories of a small number of spacefaring states as they compete in a succession of annexations that move from celestial body to celestial body. Rather than result in an increased chance of war between spacefaring states-an argument deployed by defenders of the Outer Space Treaty-extraterrestrial annexations would instead reduce its likelihood, both in the near-term because of the mutual vulnerability of human spacecraft and bases, and over the long-term by making spacefaring states less vulnerable to terrestrial warfare. |
| `In' analytical Note | Astropolitics Vol. 8, No. 1; Jan-Apr 2010: p.62 - 71 |
| Journal Source | Astropolitics Vol. 8, No. 1; Jan-Apr 2010: p.62 - 71 |
| Key Words | Outer Space Treaty ; Terrestrial Warfare ; Future Space Warfare ; Human Spacecraft |