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Hello reader! Below you can read the news " Elon Musk’s SpaceX will ‘make its own laws on Mars’ ", published on independent's website, in 10/29/2020.   The new controversy caused by Musk is having a strong impact on the space community. Greetings and good reading! Brazilian Space  Elon Musk’s SpaceX will ‘make its own laws on Mars’  ‘No Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities,’ SpaceX claims independent By Anthony Cuthbertson October 29, 2020   Source: uol.com.br   SpaceX will not recognise international law on Mars, according to the Terms of Service of its Starlink internet project.   Elon Musk’s space company will instead reportedly adhere to a set of “self-governing principles" that will be defined at the time of Martian settlement.   Musk revealed plans to create a self-sustaining city on Mars last week, though no timeframe is yet to be put in place for its development.   Any future colony created by SpaceX would likely use co

Hello, readers! The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) disclosed, on August 16, the case study problem of the traditional competition "Manfred Lachs Simulated Court of Space Law" for its 2021 edition.  Image source:  https://legaldesire.com/space-laws-across-the-globe-its-evolution/ This worldwide competition has been held every year since 1993 (for international rounds) and consists of a simulation of a legal battle (over a fictional situation) between teams of law students from all continents, representing their respective countries. Like a world cup for space law students community, the teams must participate of regional (continental) eliminatory stages before the regional winners face each other on finals' event of the competition.  This year, because the pandemic, the competition will occur entirely online. Despite Brazil's outstanding contributions to diplomacy in space matters and international space law, unfortunately, our country has never had any te