Claiming the Cosmos: Who Owns the Final Frontier?
Darrell M. West
Dec 2026 · Bloomsbury US Audio · Narrated by Bob Souer
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In the new Space Race, with multiple countries and competing interests deciding who gets to claim victory over the cosmos, it's time to analyze the legal, policy, and regulatory aspects of space endeavors, define the role of private corporations in exploration, and determine how to handle space tourism, mining, and settlements.
The expansion of space exploration raises both fundamental and existential questions for humanity. How should scientific advancement take place? What would the discovery of life elsewhere mean for our connected society, geopolitics, and religion? Who decides how these discoveries are funded? Darrell M. West uses a decision-making framework based on collegial governance and expert consultations to shape an international space policy guided by key principles of transparency, collaboration, sustainability, human safety, demilitarization, and pan-nationalism.
The expansion of space exploration raises both fundamental and existential questions for humanity. How should scientific advancement take place? What would the discovery of life elsewhere mean for our connected society, geopolitics, and religion? Who decides how these discoveries are funded? Darrell M. West uses a decision-making framework based on collegial governance and expert consultations to shape an international space policy guided by key principles of transparency, collaboration, sustainability, human safety, demilitarization, and pan-nationalism.
In the new Space Race, with multiple countries and competing interests deciding who gets to claim victory over the cosmos, it's time to analyze the legal, policy, and regulatory aspects of space endeavors, define the role of private corporations in exploration, and determine how to handle space t...
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About the author
Darrell M. West is the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and co-editor of the Brookings TechTank blog and podcast.
Darrell M. West is the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and co-editor of the Brookings TechTank blog and podcast.
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