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44 Yale J. Int'l L. 149 (2019)
Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today

handle is hein.journals/yjil44 and id is 161 raw text is: Note Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non- Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today Abigail D. Pershingt INTRODUCTION. .....................................................................149 I. ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF THE NON-APPROPRIATION PRINCIPLE UNDER CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW.............................................................. 151 A. An Introduction to the Outer Space Treaty...................... .............151 B. An Introduction to Customary International Law in Space....................................................153 C. The Original Meaning Ascribed to the Non-Appropriation Principle....................................154 II. THE FIRST SHIFT IN CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW'S INTERPRETATION OF THE NON- APPROPRIATION PRINCIPLE .......................................................157 A. State Practice .......................................................158 B. Opinio Juris: Domestic Legislation ........................................159 C. Opinio Juris: Legal Scholarship ..........................................161 III. IMPENDING SECOND SHIFT IN CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW'S INTERPRETATION OF THE NON-APPROPRIATION PRINCIPLE ............................................162 A. Current Rejection of Individual Property Rights in Space.........................163 1. State Practice ..................... ........................................................163 2. Opinio Juris: Domestic Legislation ...................................164 3. Opinio Juris: Legal Scholarship ..... ...... ........................ ..........................165 B. Emerging Theories of In Situ Property Rights in Space ........ ...... ..........................166 1. Economic Incentives Portending a Second Shift in Customary International Law's Interpretation of the Non-Appropriation Principle...... ..........167 2. Legal Theories Supporting the Right to In Situ Private Property in Space ................167 IV. THE NEED FOR A NEW LEGAL ORDER .................................................170 A. Proposals in the Literature for a Space Property Rights Allocation System..........................170 B. A New Property Rights Proposal: Leasing Space ....... ............................................172 C ON CLUSION ...............................................................178 INTRODUCTION SpaceX plans to have its first astronauts land on Mars by 2026.1 Blue t I would like to thank Professor Oona Hathaway for her feedback on the first draft of this Note. I would also like to thank Paul Martin and the other editors of the Yale Journal ofInternationalLaw for their comments. Finally, I would like to thank Robbie Flatow, Daniel Z. Hodson, Dianne Lake, and Sonya Schoenberger for their editing help. 1. Neel V. Patel, Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's Timeline for Sending People to Mars: Will We See Humans on Mars by 2026?, INVERSE (June 19, 2017), https://www.inverse.com/article/33146-elon-

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