Artemis Accords: Cooperation or Conflict?
On today’s episode, we will be discussing the Artemis Accords, a non-binding multilateral arrangement between the US government and other world governments participating in the Artemis Program, which is an American-led effort to return humans to the Moon by 2025. We’ll also discuss the legal framework behind the Artemis Accords, the nations that have become signatories to it, and why it has gained traction where other legal agreements in space have been slower to gain broad adoption.
On today’s show we are joined by Cris van Eijk, an international lawyer researching what it means to make space ‘common’, and how international law attempts to do that. He holds a BA and LLM in International Law from Leiden University, and a BA in Law from the University of Cambridge. Cris has also previously joined Celestial Citizen Podcast in Season 1 of this show. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to check out our previous discussion titled “The Legal Landscape of Mars” where Cris debunks SpaceX’s attempts to claim “Mars as a free planet,” why the field of space law can no longer be overlooked by the broader legal community, and how science fiction plays into the way we think about future legal and governance frameworks.
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