Theory Of Space Debris Pollution Damage To The Responsibility

With the the deepening of development and utilization of outer space, the number ofspace debris is increasing. This will not only result in contamination of the outer spaceenvironment, the environment of Earth will be contaminated. Therefore, all of the worldconcerned about the problem of space debris pollution damage liability. In terms ofinternational law regulation, there are five International Treaties including “The Treaty onPrinciples Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space,including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies”（shortened form Outer space treaty）and“The Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects”（shortened form Liability Convention）drew up by the Committee On the Peaceful Uses ofOuter Space（COPUOS）. They are the Basic Specification of international space activities,and provides a legal framework to regulate and adjust the problems of space debrispollution damage liability.However， as the development of commercialization andprivatization of outer space, making the international space treaty enacted in the sixties andseventies have been powerless in this new subject of the regulatory space debris pollutiondamage liability. Especialiy，there are no rules to regulate the allocation of responsibility forspace debris pollution damage，the subject of responsibility of unknown space debrispollution damage and the Claims the subject of space debris damage to similar globalpublic areas.In the international，there are suggestions to modify the five outer spacetreaties or to develop a comprehensive Law of Outer Space, responsible for regulation ofspace debris pollution damage. However, due to the particularity of the problem of spacedebris, makes these Suggestions do not has the very good feasibility. In view of this, by theresolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations to solve this problem of spacedebris pollution damage liability, to meet the needs of the new era would be a feasiblemethod.Because produce space debris countries mainly Russia, the United States and othermajor space powers, As a result, these countries also tend to be earlier studies the problemof space debris, the legislation of space debris pollution damage liability is relativelymature. So，understanding of the relevant laws of the United States, Russia on space debrispollution damage liability to the perfection of legal system of space debris pollution damage liability has a good reference.This paper will expound the situation of the problem of space debris pollutiondamage, Analysis of space debris pollution damage responsibility, analyzes theshortcomings of existing laws， and to learn the related content from foreign space debrislegislation to explore how to improve the legal system of the space debris pollution damageliability.