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Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato

NZ’s commercial rocket industry is taking off, but national space law needs a boost

An early Rocket Lab launch from Mahia Peninsula, 2017. Getty Images

News of a potential new rocket launch site in Canterbury has largely been enthusiastically received. Boosts to the regional and national economies, and to New Zealand’s competitiveness in a crowded sector, have been welcomed.

But it also shines a light on the rapidly growing military-industrial use of space, and the pressing need for both national and international law to keep up.

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