Contents: Foreword by the Editors
1. The concept of the 'launching State' in commercial launch ventures / Armel Kerrest
2. Taking a stance : managing liability for commercial space activities / Lesley Jane Smith
3. The scope of international obligations to extend rescue assistance to 'astronauts' and 'personnel' under the Outer Space Treaty and the Return and Rescue Agreement / Steven Wood
4. Small satellites, large constellations, and space debris: in dubio pro LEO? / Ward Munters
5. US State spaceflight liability and immunity acts in context / Andrea J. Harrington
6. Commercial space operations within an existing national legal framework: some lessons learned and the challenges ahead / Daniel P. Murray
7. Developing a new safety regulatory system for commercial sub-orbital spaceplanes in the UK - the challenge! / Jeremy Stubbs
8. Red tape in the final frontier: Bigelow Aerospace's adventures in export control / Mike N. Gold and Christopher M. Hearsey
9. Regulatory choices for sub-orbital flights carrying humans: elements for consideration / Thierry Herman and Alexander Soucek
10. Establishing a regulatory framework for the development and operations of sub-orbital and orbital aircraft in the EU: the role of EASA / Jean-Bruno Marciacq
11. The role of UNCOPUOS in the International regulation of non-governmental space activities / Jean-François Mayence
12. National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities: self-regulation as the way forward? / Katrin Nyman-Metcalf
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