Property Rights in Outer Space - Mining, Techno Utopian Imaginaries, Privatisation of Off World

This book explores the role of private mining rights in the utopian imaginary of space colonisation. It presents a transdisciplinary account and interrogates the new and evolving legislative frameworks that govern access to the mineral resources of space.

List of contents

Foreword
1. Introduction
2. NewSpace and neoliberalism
3. Enclosing the space commons? Off-world property through the lens of political history
4. On mineral sovereignty: state-corporate appropriation and the power of mining capital
5. Making and re-making the 'space constitution'
6. Privateering the cosmic frontier: empire, myth and the violence of property
7. Techno-utopianism and post-limits environmentalism
8. Epilogue
References

About the author

Matthew Johnson was awarded his PhD in 2020 from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He has worked in a variety of academic and public sector roles, and currently lives and works in Sydney.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Johnson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032276625
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227662-5
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias, Mining Industry, Agribusiness and primary industries, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes