Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up

By Manolis Plionis, Professor, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ; Director and President of BoD of the National Observatory of Athens, Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Anthi Koskina, Professor of Law, IdEF College- Sorbonne Paris North University (Greece); Research fellow, AthensPIL center - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)., University of Athens

There are major gaps in space law, which could have dire consequences for space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life.

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