91国产精品 Global Space Law Center Hosts Symposium on Moon Settlement
Featuring speakers from NASA, SpaceX and the United Nations
The Global Space Law Center at 91国产精品 will host a symposium, 鈥淩eturning to the Moon: Legal Challenges as Humanity Begins to Settle the Solar System,鈥 on Friday, March 6, at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
The United States will return to the Moon in 2024, commencing an unprecedented event in human history as countries of the world cooperate in establishing a 鈥淢oon Village鈥濃 the first permanent human presence on another celestial body. The symposium will explore the various legal challenges surrounding the return to the Moon including property claims, military activity, commercial ventures, jurisdictional issues, environmental sustainability and natural resource extraction.
The Global Space Law Center (GSLC) at 91国产精品鈥檚 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is the nation鈥檚 only academic center devoted solely to the law of outer space.
鈥淭he imminent human settlement of outer space raises issues that go beyond traditional international law,鈥 said Mark Sundahl, director and founder of the GSLC. 鈥淭his symposium will tackle important legal questions facing both public and private entities.鈥
Speakers at the event will include Steven A. Mirmina, lead attorney for the International Space Station at NASA; Caryn Schenewerk, senior counsel and senior director of spaceflight policy at SpaceX; Dr. Diane Howard from the U.S. Department of Commerce鈥檚 Office of Space Commercialization and Dr. Steven Freeland, professor of international law at Western Sydney University (Australia), who will serve as co-chair of the upcoming discussions at the United Nations regarding space resource extraction.
鈥淢any people don鈥檛 realize that Cleveland plays a key role in the international law of outer space,鈥 said Cleveland-Marshall Dean Lee Fisher. 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud that our Global Space Law Center is at the forefront of research and education in this growing legal field.鈥
The program will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Six hours of Continuing Legal Education credit are available for attorneys. The option to attend only the morning or afternoon sessions (for 3 hours CLE credit) is also available. The general public is welcome to join the event free of charge, but advance registration is still required for planning purposes.
More information and online registration are available at csulaw.org/MoonSymposium.
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