The Environmental Duties of States in Space Tourism

Subject Areas : Environmental pollutions (water, soil and air)

soheyla koosha ¹ , Mojtaba Ansarian ² , Maryam Dehghani ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Payame Noor University *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Payame Noor University
3 - M.A. Payame Noor University

Received: 2018-03-25 Accepted : 2018-11-14 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: space tourism, Environment, space visa, responsibilities of states, environmental crime, Space debris,

Abstract :

Nowadays we are confronting with development of different kinds of space activities, the increase of space debris and pollution of the environment of outer space and the Earth due to space tourism. The other thing is that with the increase of the human intentions to space tourism, we can confront with more pollution of outer space. Therefore, studying the environmental duties and responsibilities of states who are the executer of space tourism is inevitable. Not with standing that outer space treaty and liability convention establishing comprehensive and acceptable rules for identification of states international duties, but there are some ambiguous points about protecting the environment of space. As these documents did not develop or revised with the development of this technology during these years specially the environmental pollution of space activities and space tourism. This article by using the descriptive- analytical method of research is about to answer this question that what is the environmental duties of states for safeguarding of space tourism? The aim of this article is giving some legal solution for prevention of the Earth and outer space pollution by quoting responsibilities of states with respect to space tourism and preventing from committing the environmental crimes thereof.  

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