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Commercial Lunar Ice Mining: Is There a Role for Royalties?
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Metadata
- Authors
- McKeown, B., Dempster, A. G., Saydam, S., & Coulton, J.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- McKeown, Ben
- Venue
- Space Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-05
- Volume
- 64
- Pages
- 101525
- ISSN
- 0265-9646 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4310506587
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 0.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Space Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Space exploration and regulation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › International Maritime Law Issues
- Keywords
- benefit sharing, Outer Space Treaty, ad valorem royalties, UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
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