Comments that the US commercial space sector is well-developed, successful and economically sustainable. The US government has laid down a space infrastructure which has allowed the country to enjoy the benefits of such a highly competitive industry. Argues that there are six galvanising factors...

Before 2009, the literature on space law simply alleged that the growing population of space debris congesting near-Earth orbits is analogous to Garrett Hardin’s ‘Tragedy of the Commons’. These works, however, failed to illustrate how, if at all, the metaphorical model fits the actual...