Advocate P.P. SEKHULA : C HAIRMAN: INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES COUNCIL, SOUTH AFRICA 3 RD MANFRED LACHS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION AND THE LAW MARCH, ICAO, Montreal, CANADA

 BENEFITS OF AEROSPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS  Technology Showcase  Science & Engineering In Outer Space  Small Payloads Leverage Access  Practical Space Applaications  Environmental Sciences: Space Weather; Remote Sensing, Resources  Security and Verification

 POLICIES AND LAWS FOR A BYGONE ERA  AIR LAW: License Air Services, Security Oversight & Standards  SPACE LAW: License Space Activities, Supervise & Int’l Obligations  ERA OF CONVERGENCE: AEROSPACE CHALLENGES

 Rapid Commercialisation  Local Space Industry Development  Current Legislation lags behind  Dual Use Technology and Military  New Space Demands: Sub-orbital, Space Property; Space debris  Educational & Institutional Demands  CPUT Cubesat 2013 and more to come  Future: Hypersonic Airliners; Point to point Transportation for Passengers and Cargo

 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS DEMANDS INNOVATIVE REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS  BALANCE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEMAND  PROMOTE LOCAL SPACE CAPABILITIES  ADDRESS CONTINENTAL SPACE GOALS  CREATE WEALTH FOR AFRICA  MANAGE RESOURCES  MITIGATE DISASTERS  INTERRNATINAL CO-OPERATION  OBSERVE AND ADHERE TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE NORMS  CONSOLIDATE CO-OPERATION THROGH PRACTICAL PROGRMAS

 INCORPORATES IMPROVED COORDINATION MECHANISMS FOR AVIATION, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SPACE AUTHORITIES (CAA-SACSA- SAAF-NPC)  EMBRACES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION  FLEXIBILLE IN APPLICATION BY CROSS REFERENCE TO RELEVANT PRESCRIPTS IN ASSOCIATED FILEDS

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