Aviation to Aerospace: Emerging Space Flight Operations and their Significance to Law, Policy, and the Science of Social Space

This article considers the impact of a recent U.S. presidential announcement of the creation of a “Space Force,” designed as a sixth branch of the military. The author focuses on the impact of the Space Force initiative on civil commercial passenger space flight growth in the private sector and on the larger public area of international competition regarding space travel. The author offers an historical perspective to structure one’s thinking on these issues, covering topics including aviation development during the two world wars and the subsequent “cold war;” technology, the diffusion of the jet, and the emergence of rockets; aerospace policy development, including the model of maritime law and space as a final frontier; human rights law; the development of civil aviation in the United States; energy, climate, security, and technology risk; the cultural history of space flight; political and commercial considerations; techno-optimism and economic development; China’s space race envisioned as a new cold war and Chinese space law; speedy progress toward a new theory of aviation economics and policy; and the promise of sub-orbital point-to-point passenger flight. A case study from Canada, focusing on Canadian Airways as an analogy to space operations, is presented. The author concludes with a brief discussion of the role of human curiosity, discovery, and freedom of movement in space-domain ownership and security.

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• Authors:
  • Andersson, Matt
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 105-144
• Serial:
  • Issues in Aviation Law and Policy
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Aviation Law Institute
  • ISSN: 1934-7170
  • Serial URL: https://las.depaul.edu/centers-and-institutes/chaddick-institute-for-metropolitan-development/research-and-publications/Pages/issues-aviation-law-policy.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerospace industry; Aviation law; Commercial space transportation; Commercial transportation; Laws and legislation; Passenger service; Policy making; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rockets
• Geographic Terms: Canada; China; United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Law; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01708009
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 2019 11:32AM