CHAPTER 1 Background

1.1 Need for international safety regulations for commercial space activities

1.1.1 Introduction

1.1.2 Widening access to space and its economic significance

1.1.3 Safery Risk of Space Missions

1.1.4 Challenges for regulatoy regimes and bodies

CHAPTER 2 Legal and regulatory regimes

2.1 Current space regulations and standards

2.1.1 Legal and regulatory framework

2.1.2 Existing International Space Safety Standards

2.2 Existing international civil regulatory frameworks， other activities or environments

2.2.1 International Civil Aviation Organization （ICAO）

2.2.2 International Telecommunication Union （ITU）

2.2.3 International Maritime Organization （IMO）

2.2.4 Other sources of international Law

2.3 Transition from air law and space law to aerospace Law

2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.2 Space law conventions

2.3.3 Boundary between airspace and outer space

2.3.4 Need for a unificd legal regime

CHAPTER 3 Safety issues

3.1 Safety issues

3.1.1 Launch site processing and ground safety

3.1.2 Flight hardware， ground support equipment， and COTS

3.2 Launch safety

3.3 Suborbitalsafety

3.4 Orbital safety issues

3.4.1 Orbital debris

3.4.2 Collision risk with orbital debris

3.4.3 Collision risk to human spaceflight

3.4.4 Orbital debris ground risk

3.5 Returning vehicles risk

3.5.1 Risk to people on the ground

3.5.2 Risk to people in aircraft

3.6 Saving lives in space missions

3.6.1 Extending international search and rescue

3.6.2 Ascent emergencies

3.6.3 Orbital safety and rescue

3.6.4 Ionizing radiation risk for human spaceflight

CHAPTER 4 Need for international space safety regulations

4.1 Need for international regulation of STM， space tourism & space debris

4.1.1 Commonality or un-commonality of ground standards

4.1.2 Comprehensive regulatory approach to space traffic management

4.1.3 International regulation of aerospace vehicles for space tourism

4.1.4 International regulation of orbital debris

CHAPTER 5 Proposal for a new regulatory regime

5.1 ICAO for near-space safety？

5.1.1 Background

5.1.2 Management of space-bound traffic through international airspace

5.1.3 Integration of aviation and space infrastructure

5.1.4 Integrated terrestrial and space weather forecasts

5.1.5 ICAO for an improved international space safety culture

5.2 Proposal for a new regulatory regime

5.2.1 Policy principle

5.2.2 Regulatory model

5.2.3 Space safety oversight operating model

5.2.4 ICAO for space organization

5.2.5 General description of the safety certification process

5.2.6 Suggested ICAO for space regulatory implementation

Appendix A： Relevant excerpts of the ITU constitution and convention

Appendix B： Relevant excerpts of the convention on international civil aviation （Signed at Chicago， on 7 December 1944） - Chicago convention

Appendix C： Model code of conduct for space-faring nations

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