Overview
- Examines various aspects of protecting cultural heritage sites on the Moon
- Explores next-generation approaches to preserving our common cultural heritage sites on the Moon
- One of the very first publications on this topic
Part of the book series: Studies in Space Policy (STUDSPACE, volume 24)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book provides an extensive overview of the protection of cultural heritages sites on the Moon (humanity’s lunar heritage) and the various threats they face. First of all, the international legal framework, especially the relevant space treaties are analyzed in terms of how they protect cultural heritages sites on the Moon. In turn, the book explores key aspects like the application of customary law, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, or the Underwater Convention, and the possibility of adding these sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The book subsequently addresses the question of how to define culture heritage sites or artifacts, in particular in view of the “Outstanding Universal Value” criterion, which is a vital aspect in order to differentiate them from space garbage or even space threats. Lastly, the book proposes and elaborates on various protection systems and multilateral protection regulations. Especially now, 50 years after the first human landing on the Moon,the book is a timely publication that will be of interest to all scholars and professionals working in the space field.
Reviews
“The different perspectives offered by the eleven authors from all regions of the World enable the reader to develop their own ideas … . The book is a stimulating and entertaining read for an audience of open-minded lawyers, policy-makers and policy analysts, both in the field of space activities as in the international cultural sphere, that allow themselves to look beyond the obvious.” (Ulrike M. Bohlmann, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht ZLW, Vol. 69 (3), 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites on the Moon
Editors: Annette Froehlich
Series Title: Studies in Space Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38403-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38402-9Published: 04 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38405-0Published: 04 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38403-6Published: 03 April 2020
Series ISSN: 1868-5307
Series E-ISSN: 1868-5315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 143
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space