SPACE LAW's biggest problem
The line is missing.
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Space law has a big problem — nobody knows where airspace ends and space begins.
Some sources:
This NYT article from the Sputnik launch is entertaining:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...
Here's Timothy Nelson's Op-Ed about the Space Line:
https://spacenews.com/op-ed-where-doe...
Didn't include this in the video, but another interesting OpEd re: the US Space line:
https://othjournal.com/2020/01/30/def...
Journal of Space Law article I read:
https://airandspace.confit.dev/wp-con...
Here's the whole book about the space line by Thomas Gangale. I don't know if I recommend you read it, but it is comprehensive and gives you a sense of the real legal consequences. I think without it, I would have ended up with the opinion that this is a big problem — but because I read the book, I realize the real problem is that all this is likely to be settled behind closed doors, at least initially. You can probably find other copies of it if you Google around.
https://books.google.com/books/about/...
And finally, here's McDowell's article about the Von Karman line:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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