In November of 2015, the 114th United States Congress enacted Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act 2015 (Space Act) and, in turn, thrusted door to outer space mining wide open for Americans. Unfortunately, while provided a solution corporations, it created di- lemma States. As currently enacted, directly conflicts with world’s foundational and most basic framework international law: The ...

Many U.S. allies are increasingly dependent on space-based platforms for their military and economic activities. At the same time, counterspace threats from adversaries such as China Russia rapidly intensifying. The United States has provided extended deterrence to its through overwhelming nuclear conventional capabilities decades. question arises whether time-tested logic of is applicable in s...