The Space Right to Food & Guarantees -

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by Daria Bulgakova¹
¹ University of International Business and Economics (Beijing, China)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/11/1
Received: 20 April 2022 / Accepted: 08 May 2022 / Published: 25 June 2023

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Abstract

Private space flights have raised significant legal concerns regarding the granting of fundamental human rights to non-astronauts under international law, including appropriate legal guarantees. This study focuses on one area of non-astronaut rights and guarantees designed for food. The need for an international legal statement on what non-astronauts can expect regarding their right to food and the guarantees they are entitled to, even when flying into space, is justified with experimental data. The author seeks to establish a distinct set of space rights and guarantees that build space tourism’s best service accompanied by a fundamental human rights legal core. This will ensure that non-astronauts are afforded the essential legal protection necessary for them to fully experience and uphold happiness during their space journey.

Keywords: human-manned commercial space flights, space tourism, non – astronauts, space nutrition, food consumption

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Bulgakova, Daria (2023) The Space Right to Food & Guarantees. Advanced Space Law, Volume 11, 4-18. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/11/1

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