{"id":32301,"date":"2021-06-01T18:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yaabot.com\/?p=32301"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:11:06","slug":"its-time-to-rethink-the-outer-space-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/its-time-to-rethink-the-outer-space-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Rethink The Outer Space Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While we continue to have global political disagreements, the Outer Space Treaty has often emphasized space exploration as a way for countries to collectively work for the advancement of the human race.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, Earth\u2019s first artificial satellite into the low earth orbit. With this achievement, human civilization entered into a new age of exploration, what we called the space age. Six decades later, we have thousands of satellites orbiting our blue marble. The launch of Sputnik 1 also marked the beginning of a race in the space between the world\u2019s two largest powers \u2014 the United States of America and the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, space exploration, that was once viewed by the world as a peaceful step towards a better future began to look like an ingredient of catastrophic warfare. To curb attempts of militarizing space, the international community comprising of several countries reached on an agreement and in the process formed the Outer Space Treaty to ensure that space remains open only for conflict-free explorations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outer Space Treaty, formally known as the <\/span>Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies<\/b>, defines the fundamentals for forming the international space law. The treaty was enforced on October 10, 1967, after being signed by several nations in January 1967. As of October 2018, the treaty has 107 countries as its members while 23 countries have signed the treaty but are yet to ratify. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The outer space<\/span> treaty forbids any country or government from claiming any outer space territory or celestial body as its own. The treaty also states that space exploration should be equally accessible to all countries for the benefit of mankind. The treaty specifically restricts experimentation, deployment, and installation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in space, especially in orbit around the planet. These restrictions also prohibit the establishment of military bases and fortification of celestial bodies. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Outer Space Treaty of 1967<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Problems With The Outer Space Treaty<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n