Outer space is characterized by a high technology, high cost, and high risk status. This means not all countries are capable of exploring and using outer space. Nowadays, only technologically developed countries are capable of going on missions and exploiting outer space. A variety of activities have been carried out in space, including commercialization by developed countries. This indicates developed countries’ domination over outer space. Recalling that outer space is the province of all humanity, the exploration and use of space should be for the benefit of all countries and their people. This has challenged developed and developing countries to collaborate in implementing activities in and exploiting outer space. This study is a legal normative research project that utilizes secondary data, including primary and secondary legal materials, as well as non-legal materials, collected through library research and analyzed qualitatively. In realizing justice and reducing the gap between developed and developing countries in terms of outer space exploitation, this research employed a global justice perspective. This concept of justice requires the presence of a global legal authority that distributes rights and obligations to all countries and achieves coordination among developed and developing countries in exploring and using outer space.
Yusliwidaka et al. (Tue,) studied this question.