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Space Law

Sep. 3, 2024

New space activities require new regulations: The future of space travel

The global space industry is booming, with emerging activities like private space stations, asteroid mining, and human spaceflight. The federal government is exploring new oversight frameworks, with the FAA, FCC, and NOAA currently regulating launches, communications, and remote sensing.

Alexis Sáinz

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Sáinz is a partner and global co-lead of the Space & Satellite practice at Hogan Lovells; Co-Chair of the Committee on Space Law under the American Bar Association's Air & Space Forum.

Michael Dodge

Associate Professor, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota

Dodge is associate professor and graduate program director, Department of Space Studies at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota; Co-Chair of the Committee on Space Law under the American Bar Association's Air & Space Forum.

Arjun Garg

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Garg is a partner at Hogan Lovells; former chief counsel and acting deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and former chief counsel of the Federal Transit Administration.

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The global space industry has entered a period of unprecedented growth involving novel space activities that up until recently were limited to the purview of science fiction - everything from private space stations replacing the International Space Station (ISS), to in-orbit fueling and repair of space assets, to mining asteroids, to human spaceflight, to lunar and Mars landers, and beyond. California is a hotbed for the immense creativity and intense capital investment drivi...

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