Electronic Proceedings - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

The developing practice, due to the existence of numerous cooperation arrangements tocome, and the increased number of actors on the international arena, will certainly produce alarger spectrum of out-of-the-ordinary cases, to be investigated further by lawyers and interestedpractitioners. The system of international space relations, although not challenged, seems, as inmany other cases of brand new technology, not yet completely ready to receive the impact ofnew legislation on technology being presently enacted in some legal systems, to becomedirectly applicable and regulated under such agreements. It is my personal wish to allow bothsubstantiated interests and forms of the agreement to be recognized and therefore to developwith ease within such a flexible framework, whilst being confident that such flexibility will helpspace activities to evolve and improve for delivering the benefits mankind expects.114