The International Space Treaty is a well-intentioned code of conduct, but it struggles to foster actual cooperation between nations because human conflict remains rooted in terrestrial differences.

“My cynical skepticism is, if you can actually pull that off in space, why don't you pull that off down here on Earth? (laughs) Why is space different? You're humans and we're human. We kill each other from limited resources, we kill each other 'cause your skin color is different”

Current space law is insufficient to address modern commercial aspirations, and the question of property rights in space remains unsettled.

“it is a work in progress that one of the big challenges and this is pretty typical throughout history a technology advances to a point where oh we don't have the governance set up correctly to manage this”