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37 U. Mem. L. Rev. 281 (2006-2007)
Space Environmentalism, Property Rights, and the Law

handle is hein.journals/umem37 and id is 289 raw text is: Space Environmentalism, Property Rights, and the Law J. H. HUEBERT* AND WALTER BLOCK** I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 281 A. Types of Environmentalism ..................................... 283 B. What is the Space Environment? ............................. 290 II. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PROBLEMS OF SPACE POLLUTION ....................................................................... 292 A. Is Space Pollution even Possible? ........................... 292 B. Air and Water Pollution in Space ............................ 293 C. Other Pollution on the Moon and Celestial B odies ...................................................................... 295 D. Space: The Ultimate Waste Dump ......................... 296 E. Wilderness Preserves .......................................... 297 F. Terraform ing ........................................................... 299 G. What if There's Life? ............................................... 302 11. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ..... 303 A. The Test Ban Treaty ................................................. 304 B. The Outer Space Treaty ........................................... 305 C. The Liability Convention ......................................... 307 D. The Moon Treaty ........................ 308 IV . C ONCLUSION ..................................................................... 309 I. INTRODUCTION A considerable body of academic literature exists on the sub- ject of space law, despite the fact that very few human beings have ever been to outer space, and substantial presence beyond the earth's orbit still seems to be in the rather distant future.' Among * J.D., University of Chicago. ** Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics, College of Business Administration, Loyola University New Orleans; Ph.D., Columbia University. 1. Others have been more optimistic about the rate of growth in outer- 281