CYIL vol. 13 (2022)

CYIL 13 ȍ2022Ȏ HOLES IN THE HULL a high rate of change, uncertainty, and affects multiple generations. 67 The use of governance rather than government indicates a collaboration between private and public actors. 68 Conclusion Celestial body resource extraction will be feasible, from a technological perspective, in the very near future. Legally, however, the industry is stunted. Obstacles do exist at both the national and international level, but so do potential solutions, mostly originating from national law. Currently, there is no clear international framework that specifically speaks to this very profitable up-and-coming industry. The Hague Working Group specifically spoke to this being unachievable at this time but encourages states to develop domestic legislation addressing the issue. Answering that call, multiple states have enacted their own domestic legislation stating clearly that extracted space resources can be owned privately and therefore sold. Additionally, the states that have enacted these laws have subsequently signed on to Artemis Accords agreeing in one document that these resources can be privately owned while not violating international law. So, while there is nothing on the international level permitting proprietary rights of space resources, those states that have made ownership legally permissible, have at least created a vehicle that allows full proprietary rights.

67 Id at 1690. 68 Id.

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