• DocumentCode
    1169349
  • Title

    Hypersonic flight: the need for a new legal regime

  • Author

    Schwetje, F. Kenneth ; Walsh, Donald E.

  • Author_Institution
    US Air Force Int. Law Div., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    36
  • Abstract
    The author briefly examines the question, ´where does space begin?´ He discusses how certain principles, such as overflight, meet the respective needs of the air law and space law regimes. He then focuses on the existing law that might regulate the proposed Trans Atmospheric vehicle (TAV).<>
  • Keywords
    aerospace; aircraft; legislation; Trans Atmospheric vehicle; air law; hypersonic flight; legal regime; overflight; space law regimes; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Earth; H infinity control; Law; Legal factors; Permission; Space exploration; Space vehicles; Vocabulary;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8985
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/62.31810
  • Filename
    31810