The problem of the use of natural resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies for commercial purposes

Abstract

The article deals with modern problems of international legal regulation of the use of natural resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies for commercial purposes. A legal analysis of the provisions of the main space agreements on the legal regime of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies is being carried out. It also analyses the acts adopted unilaterally by the United States, Luxembourg and the UAE on the use of the natural resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies for commercial purposes and their assessment of the compliance with space agreements. Conclusions are made about the need to improve space agreements and the adoption of a new international treaty on the establishment of the international regime for the use of space resources and the creation of an international space authority on the basis of the norms and basic principles of international space law and the concept of the common heritage of mankind.