How Will We Govern a Moon Village? Jurisdiction, Enforcement, Standard Setting, and International Cooperation

This panel takes up what is perhaps the most profound legal question of the symposium: How will we govern a village of foreign and domestic entities, both public and public in nature? Do we use a variation of the treaty that governs the international space station? Can we rely on existing space law – or do we need to make some changes or additions to existing domestic and international law? Should we expect a lunar equivalent to the Mayflower Compact? Steven Mirmina is the NASA lawyer who oversees the international legal issues involving the International Space Station – and who is now involved in crafting the legal instruments that will govern the construction and operation of the Lunar Gateway, a new international space station that will orbit the Moon and allow for easy transfer of people and material to the lunar surface. The panel will be rounded out by the lead international space lawyer at the Department of State, Gabriel Swiney, the founder of the Global Space Law Center, Mark J. Sundahl, and the founder and president of the Moon Village Association, Giuseppe Reibaldi. Dennis O’Brien of the Moon Village Association will also join the discussion. Scott Parry, a graduate of space law programs at both Cleveland-Marshall and the University of Nebraska, will moderate this final panel

How Will We Govern a Moon Village? Jurisdiction, Enforcement, Standard Setting, and International Cooperation

This panel takes up what is perhaps the most profound legal question of the symposium: How will we govern a village of foreign and domestic entities, both public and public in nature? Do we use a variation of the treaty that governs the international space station? Can we rely on existing space law – or do we need to make some changes or additions to existing domestic and international law? Should we expect a lunar equivalent to the Mayflower Compact? Steven Mirmina is the NASA lawyer who oversees the international legal issues involving the International Space Station – and who is now involved in crafting the legal instruments that will govern the construction and operation of the Lunar Gateway, a new international space station that will orbit the Moon and allow for easy transfer of people and material to the lunar surface. The panel will be rounded out by the lead international space lawyer at the Department of State, Gabriel Swiney, the founder of the Global Space Law Center, Mark J. Sundahl, and the founder and president of the Moon Village Association, Giuseppe Reibaldi. Dennis O’Brien of the Moon Village Association will also join the discussion. Scott Parry, a graduate of space law programs at both Cleveland-Marshall and the University of Nebraska, will moderate this final panel