2010空间法模拟法庭案例 英文原文.pdf

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPACE LAW INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL DE DROIT SPATIAL THE 2010 MANFRED LACHS SPACE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE SPECIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF ASPIRANTIA (APPLICANT) AND KINGDOM OF REPUBLICA (RESPONDENT) JOINTLY NOTIFIED TO THE COURT ON 11 NOVEMBER 2010 COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE COMPROMIS ENTRE RÉPUBLIQUE DE ASPIRANTIA (DEMANDEUR) ET ROYAUME DE REPUBLICA (DÉFENDEUR) NOTIFIÉ CONJOINTEMENT À LA COUR LE 11 NOVEMBRE 2019 Copyright © 2008 by the International Institute of Space Law. All rights reserved. Case concerning Suborbital Tourism, Definition of Outer Space and Liability Aspirantia v. Republica STATEMENT OF AGREED FACTS 1. The Republic of Aspirantia is a rich and powerful islanded State. It is one of the world’s largest economies but does not have a significant history or technical expertise in space exploration. 2. The neighbouring Kingdom of Republica is a continental State and has one of the largest domestic economies in the world with significant technological capabilities in space activities. 3. The space tourism company Startours, Inc. is incorporated in Aspirantia. The founders of Startours did so for two reasons: the favourable tax climate for start-up companies in that country and the fact that it has no national space licensing laws or regulations governing private or commercial space flights. 4. Startours has developed an experimental passenger spacecraft Starflight-1, a reusable space vehicle that is designed to take off from a specially-adapted and refurbished carrier-aircraft flying high above the high seas. The private charter airline whose air