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Laying down the law for the real-life Star Wars: Scientists and lawyers draft the first legal manual for space warfare including rules on firing lasers and attacking satellites
Laying down the law for the real-life Star Wars: Scientists and lawyers draft the first legal manual for space warfare including rules on firing lasers and attacking satellites
- An existing treaty states that outer space is to be used for ‘peaceful purposes’
- No country can lay claim to celestial territory such as the moon or Mars, it says
- But treaty has specific failings in the modern era which experts are addressing
- They include hacking satellites for gain in conflict and taking astronauts hostage
A group of scientists and lawyers are drafting the first legal manual for space warfare including rules on firing lasers and attacking satellites.
The document, being drawn up by leading experts in the field from the US, the UK and Australia , will address the grey areas in legislating what happens miles above the earth.
There is an Outer Space Treaty which acts as international space law, but with the pact celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, legislators are working on an updated model to produce a future-proof version.
It is understood part of the reason for the revamp is the threat of using space in modern warfare to stop the likes of Star Wars and Star Trek becoming a reality.
The Outer Space Treaty, like all international law, is technically binding to those countries who sign up to it, but the obvious lack of ‘space police’ means that it cannot be practically enforced
There is an Outer Space Treaty which acts as international space law, but with the pact celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, legislators are working on an updated model to produce a future-proof version called Milamos – the manual on international law applicable to military uses of outer space
The new treaty will aim to stop what has been dubbed as a real life Star Wars developing in space
Among the tactics that could be used in conflict are the firing of lasers and tampering with satellite imagery.
A satellite could be hacked and the images beamed back to earth altered to hamper advances and air strikes.
There could also be a potential wrangle over who is responsible for clearing up the debris left floating around in space should a satellite be taken out by an enemy missile.
In years to come, military astronauts could become commonplace.
The new legal document will seek to determine what happens if a space shuttle and its crew are taken hostage as well as identifying which types of satellite hacking will be considered a crime.
One of those tasked with peering into the future to come up with the manual is Dr Kubo Mačák of the University of Exeter law school, who said at the moment there are more questions than answers in the legislation. ……..more here
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