Earth has an Outer Space Treaty, but is it time for an Orbital Activity Treaty?

Now more countries are ending up in the danger zone.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has expanded the area where space debris from Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, can fall in the Pacific Ocean, raising unresolved questions of non-compliance with international space law.

As of 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported 160 large...