nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230216-233133-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230216s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230216-233133-0 doi eng 342 23 Bennett, Charlie Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1470-2436 A Dormant Struggle Reaches Critical Mass - Why Europe Can And Must Lead The Way In Preserving The Constitution Of International Space Law Bennett, Charlie Verfassungsblog 2023-02-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Developments in Europe and beyond mark a changing landscape of (constitutional) space law – an unsustainable upsurge in the numbers of satellites and resulting light and debris pollution, the entry into the market of new actors with conflicting interests, and the fragmentation of domestic systems’ approach to space law mean that the current quasi-constitutional system is under the immense risk of being entirely disregarded. For the sake of the future, there are good reasons to keep a constitutional basis to space endeavours. We have to discuss ways of doing so now. Europe appears willing, and I would argue should, lead the way. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU EU Agency for the Space Programme EUSPA outer space treaty satellites single market for space space constitution space law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/space-constitution/ raw object