Contant Corinne M, Logsdon John M
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA 20191, USA.
Acta Astronaut. 2004 Apr;54(8):585-91. doi: 10.1016/s0094-5765(03)00232-7.
The commercial space sector to date has failed to develop comprehensive regulations--"rules of the road"--for its international activities. Within the next 5 years, conflicts with respect to international trade in satellite sales and launch services could emerge, highlighting the need for such a regulatory framework. If the commercial space sector is to continue to develop, it is important to begin discussions now, before these conflicts become significant, on the elements of an appropriate international regulatory framework. The existing framework for space activities was developed when government, not commercial, space activities were dominant, or was adapted from regulations in other sectors such as terrestrial telecommunications.
到目前为止，商业航天领域尚未为其国际活动制定全面的法规——“道路规则”。在未来5年内，卫星销售和发射服务国际贸易方面的冲突可能会出现，这凸显了建立这样一个监管框架的必要性。如果商业航天领域要继续发展，在这些冲突变得严重之前，现在就开始讨论适当的国际监管框架的要素非常重要。现有的空间活动框架是在政府而非商业空间活动占主导地位时制定的，或者是从陆地电信等其他领域的法规改编而来的。
