In-situ resource utilisation (ISRU)

In recent years, private-commercial entities and states have started to focus their efforts on space resources and the collection and utilisation of resources that are extracted from celestial bodies such as asteroids or from planets. This process can be divided into the utilisation of space resources where these are extracted (in-situ) and the collection of space resources with utilisation at a different place (ex-situ). The entry discusses the legality of space resource utilisation, particularly in-situ resource utilisation, under the current international regime, further offering policy and governance considerations.