Major Federal Actions Significantly Affecting the Quality of the Space Environment: Applying NEPA to Federal and Federally Authorized Outer Space Activities

Payne Institute Fellow Alex Gilbert and Monica Vidaurri write a law review on how environmental law applies to our actions in space.  It reviews the historical role of space in human culture, emerging commercial and scientific uses of space, and the potential impacts of NewSpace activities on both the terrestrial and space environments.  October 5, 2021.