The Development of Outer Space: Sovereignty and Property Rights in International Space Law
• Explores what types of opportunities and hazards are likely to arise in the future interplanetary political economy when the rising superpower of China will have achieved economic ascendancy and space parity• Examines what kinds of changes the Westphalian nation-state system is likely to undergo on Earth and in space as a result of outer space sovereignty and property rights• Projects what the interplanetary ecology of capitalism might look like 50 to 100 years from now• 15 illustrations". . .a unique niche interest work worth the read for those who are fascinated by the prospects of multiple nations settling human outposts on celestial bodies' off-Earth. . . it certainly is worth the read for anyone having a strong interest in space law and the economic development regimes of the nascent space economy coming rapidly in the 21st Century. To those with the niche interest, I say buy this book. It will make you think."-Spaceports.blogspot.com"Gangale (executive director of OPS-Alaska, an aerospace think tank) examines the legal issues of sovereignty and property that are likely to arise in outer space exploration and discusses how they can be managed by current and possible future international agreements."-Reference & Research Book News