THE MOON AGREEMENT AND INDIA

AUTHOR: SHASHANK SAINI, Law student

Best Citation – SHASHANK, THE MOON AGREEMENT AND INDIA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SPACE LAW AND POLICY, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. – 48-53, ISBN – 978-81-960677-1-7.

ABSTRACT

From time immemorial, there have been certain subjects that have always interested the human species, and the ever-growing human creature has always tried to unwind the questions brought out by these entities. One such subject of great interest is the space. And as soon as we got ourselves evolved to this level of scientific development that we can now look deep into the mysteries of space, the human beings have never looked behind. But this surely comes along with a problem. The problem brought out by the indiscipline of our species if we are left unregulated.

To solve this problem the International Organizations have always tried to bring out some rules that define the standard operating procedures we need to follow while performing such activities. This is done by the help of space laws that have been brought out by the consensus of international communities. In this article paper, we try to study about these space laws mainly, the outer space treaty and the moon agreement. We further try to look into how India looks at these space laws, and whether we have our own specific space regulation or not. We then look at the growing private ventures and their regulations in space. And finally, it comes out to the future of space laws, with one recent regulation, Artemis Accords being discussed.

KEYWORDS: Space, Outer Space Treaty, Moon Agreement, Artemis Accords, Saudi Arabia withdrawing from Moon Treaty, Indian Space Law, Private Ventures to Space