https://timey.org/tags/space-policy/ Recent content in Space Policy on Timey.org Hugo en-us Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/a-1967-treaty-is-blocking-the-orbital-cleanup-the-world-needs/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/a-1967-treaty-is-blocking-the-orbital-cleanup-the-world-needs/ The Outer Space Treaty was signed in 1967, when humanity had launched a few hundred objects into orbit and the idea of orbital congestion was not yet a planning problem. The treaty assigns responsibility for objects in space — operational or defunct — to the nation that launched them. That provision made sense as an accountability mechanism in a two-superpower space race. It has become an obstruction to the collective action the orbital environment now requires.