Due Regard for the Future?

This session explores the many gaps and inconsistencies in the body of law we consider "space law" and will consider moral and ethical issues that must be take into account as we build a legal framework to support successful and sustainable exploration and use of space and its resources.

Michelle Hanlon is Co-Director of the Air & Space Law Program at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law and Faculty Advisor for the Journal of Drone Law and Policy. Michelle co-founded For All Moonkind a nonprofit that is the only organization in the world focused on protecting human cultural heritage in outer space. She was instrumental in the development of the One Small Step Act. For All Moonkind is a Permanent Observer to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Michelle is also President of the National Space Society and founding partner of ABH Space Law.