Topic: Private Sector Access to Outer Space
Country: North Korea
Delegate Name: Anthony DePerno
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All North Korea position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
Ever since World War 2, the industry of space travel has been at a steady growth. Recent policy shifts have paved the way to the desire of private sector access to outer space. The idea of private sector access to outer space has been widely debated in recent years. In theory, this concept will produce competition and ultimately achieve the pipedream of “Space Tourism.” However, this is neglecting the safety of the parties involved. Given currently technology, space travel is far to unsafe for the private sector.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea takes pride in the the freedom and prosperity for all of our people. However, the safety and well-being of our people come first. There are still far too many unknowns with Outer Space that we cannot account for to maintain the safety of our people. With space travel, there is no guarantee to anybody's safety. Take the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster for example- a ship and space mission designed by NASA, one of the leading space programs in the world, and with its failure and explosion, killing the 8 passengers, it is clear that space travel is extremely unsafe and far too unreliable for private sector use. Another issue to be aware of is that the world has spent thousands of years to define the borders that contain our countries. With private access to outer space, we would have to go through that all over again. Another element of unregulated space travel is the necessity of maintaining laws and ordinances is irrefutable. The idea of policing outer space would be virtually impossible.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea hopes that the SCITEC committee increases regulations regarding private access to outer space in the hopes of maintaining safety and prosperity not just for our people, but for all.
